손님

Korean

Etymology

손 (son) + the honorific particle 님 (nim).

Pronunciation
Romanizations
Revised Romanization?sonnim
Revised Romanization (translit.)?sonnim
McCune–Reischauer?sonnim
Yale Romanization?sonnim

Noun

손님 • (sonnim)

  1. (honorific) guest, visitor
  2. (honorific) customer, client
    Synonym: 고객님 (gogaengnim)
  3. (euphemistic, historical) smallpox

Derived terms
  • 손님네 (sonnimne, “deities of epidemic”)
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