천민

Korean

Etymology

Sino-Korean word from 賤民 (“person of the lowest social status; riffraff”).

Pronunciation

  • (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA(key): [ˈt͡ɕʰɘ(ː)nmin]
  • Phonetic hangul: [천(ː)민]
    • Though still prescribed in Standard Korean, most speakers in both Koreas no longer distinguish vowel length.
Romanizations
Revised Romanization?cheonmin
Revised Romanization (translit.)?cheonmin
McCune–Reischauer?ch'ŏnmin
Yale Romanization?chēnmin

Proper noun

천민 • (Cheonmin) (hanja 賤民)

  1. person of the lowest social status; riffraff
  2. (historical, in particular) a member of the lowest caste within the Joseon caste system
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