스승

Korean

Etymology

In the Hangul script, first attested in the Seokbo sangjeol (釋譜詳節 / 석보상절), 1447, as Middle Korean 스스ᇰ (Yale: sùsùng).

Beyond the Hangul sources, apparently from a first-century Korean royal title which was transcribed in Middle Chinese as 次次雄 (MC tshijH tshijH hjuwng), which is explicitly said to have meant "shaman" in Old Korean.

Pronunciation
Romanizations
Revised Romanization?seuseung
Revised Romanization (translit.)?seuseung
McCune–Reischauer?sŭsŭng
Yale Romanization?susung
  • South Gyeongsang (Busan) pitch accent: 스승의 / 스승에 / 스승까지

    Syllables in red take high pitch. This word always takes high pitch only on the second syllable, except before consonant-initial multisyllabic suffixes, when it takes full low pitch.

Noun

스승 • (seuseung)

  1. mentor, instructor, guide (in life)
    어머니는 제 인생의 스승입니다.
    Eomeoni-neun je insaeng-ui seuseung-imnida.
    My mother is the mentor of my life.
  2. (North Pyongan, Hamgyong, Koryo-mar) shaman
    Synonyms: 무속인(巫俗人) (musogin), 무당 (mudang); see also Thesaurus:무속인

See also
This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.