차마

Korean

Pronunciation

Romanizations
Revised Romanization?chama
Revised Romanization (translit.)?chama
McCune–Reischauer?ch'ama
Yale Romanization?chama

Etymology 1

First attested in the Seokbo sangjeol (釋譜詳節 / 석보상절), 1447, as Middle Korean ᄎᆞ〮마〮 (Yale: chóm-á), simply equivalent to the infinitive of 참다 (chamda, “to bear; to stand; to endure”). The infinitive is now spelled differently, as 참아 (chama) rather than 차마 (chama), but the pronunciation is the same.

Adverb

차마 • (chama)

  1. possibly stand, possibly bear; used in a negated sentence to emphasize the emotional impossibility of the negated act
    그 시체는 차마 못 보겠더라. ― Geu siche-neun chama mot bo-get-deora. ― That corpse was one I couldn't possibly stand seeing.

Etymology 2

Sino-Korean word from 車馬.

Noun

차마 • (chama) (hanja 車馬)

  1. (law) vehicles
  2. (literal) wagons and horses, considered collectively
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