추억

Korean

Etymology

Sino-Korean word from 追憶 (recollection, reminiscence).

Pronunciation

Romanizations
Revised Romanization?chueok
Revised Romanization (translit.)?chueog
McCune–Reischauer?ch'uŏk
Yale Romanization?chwuek

Noun

추억 • (chueok) (hanja 追憶)

  1. memory; recollection; reminiscence
    사진 보니 지난날 추억 아련하게 떠오른다.
    yet sajin-deur-eul boni jinannar-ui chueok-deur-i aryeonhage tteooreunda.
    Seeing pictures of the bygone days, [my mind] was tingling with faint memories of yesteryear.
    • 1965, Kim Seung'ok, 서울 1964년 겨울 [seoul 1964nyeon gyeoul, Seoul, Winter 1964]:
      추억이란 그것 슬픈 이든지 기쁜 이든지 그것 생각하는 사람 의기양양하게 한다. 슬픈 추억 고즈넉이 의기양양해지고 기쁜 추억 소란스럽게 의기양양해진다.
      Chueog-iran geugeos-i seulpeun geos-ideunji gippeun geos-ideunji geugeos-eul saenggakhaneun saram-eul uigiyang'yanghage handa. Seulpeun chueog-il ttae-neun gojeuneogi uigiyang'yanghaejigo gippeun chueog-il ttae-neun soranseureopge uigiyang'yanghaejinda.
      Old memories—no matter how sad or happy they may be—makes he who recollects them feel triumphant. If it is a sad memory, he is lonesomely triumphant; for a happy memory, he is boisterously so.

Derived terms

  • 추억하다 (追憶, chueokhada)
  • 추억되다 (追憶, chueokdoeda)

See also

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