짐승

Jeju

Alternative forms

중숭 (jungsung)
짐생 (jimsaeng)

Etymology

Cognate with Korean 짐승 (jimseung).

Pronunciation

(Morphophonemic) IPA^(key): ⫽t͡ɕimsɨŋ⫽
(Jeju City) IPA^(key): [t͡ɕimsʰɨŋ]
Phonetic hangul: [짐승]

Romanizations
Revised Romanization^?	jimseung
Revised Romanization (translit.)^?	jimseung
Yale Romanization^?	cimsung

Noun

짐승 (jimseung)

beast, animal

Derived terms

드릇짐승 (deureutjimseung)

Korean

Alternative forms

즘ᄉᆡᆼ (jeumsaeng) — Early Modern

Etymology

Nativisation of the Sino-Korean term 중생 (衆生, jungsaeng, “(in Buddhism) the sentient beings”).

Pronunciation

(SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [t͡ɕimsʰɯŋ]
Phonetic hangul: [짐승]

Romanizations
Revised Romanization^?	jimseung
Revised Romanization (translit.)^?	jimseung
McCune–Reischauer^?	chimsŭng
Yale Romanization^?	cimsung

Noun

짐승 • (jimseung)

beast, animal
짐승을 죽이다.
jimseung'eul jugida.
To kill an animal.
brute, barbarian

References

Part or all of this entry has been imported from National Institute of Korean Language's Korean-English Learners' Dictionary, on which all materials are distributed and can be used according to the Creative Commons Attribution - Share Alike License.