처절

Korean

Etymology

Sino-Korean word from 凄切 (“bitter, sorrowful”).

Pronunciation

• (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [t͡ɕʰʌ̹d͡ʑʌ̹ɭ]
• Phonetic hangul: [처절]

Romanizations
Revised Romanization?	cheojeol
Revised Romanization (translit.)?	cheojeol
McCune–Reischauer?	ch'ŏjŏl
Yale Romanization?	checel

Noun

처절 • (cheojeol) (hanja 凄切)

1. being very pitiable and sad

Usage notes

• Although occasionally used as a noun in isolation, 처절 (cheojeol) is generally encountered as the non-verbal element of the light verb construction 처절하다 (cheojeol-hada). When conveying the noun meaning, the more common form is the verbal noun 처절함 (cheojeol-ham).

Derived terms

• 처절(凄切)하다 (cheojeolhada)

 

See also

• 처연(凄然) (cheoyeon, “pitiable and desolate”)
• 처참(悽慘) (cheocham, “atrocious; hard to bear to see”)