애수

Korean

Etymology

Sino-Korean word from 哀愁.

Pronunciation
  • (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA(key): [ɛsʰu] ~ [e̞sʰu]
  • Phonetic hangul: [애수/에수]
Romanizations
Revised Romanization?aesu
Revised Romanization (translit.)?aesu
McCune–Reischauer?aesu
Yale Romanization?ayswu

Noun

애수 • (aesu) (hanja 哀愁)

  1. (literary) pathos, melancholy
    비행기 창밖을 내다보니 사람은 점이 되었고 점은 마침내 사라졌다. 하늘로 더 높이 솟을수록 더 깊은 애수에 잠겼다.
    bihaenggi changbakk-eul naedaboni saram-eun jeom-i doeeotgo jeom-eun machimnae sarajeotda. haneul-lo deo nopi soseulsurok deo gipeun aesu-e jamgyeotda.
    As I looked outside the airplane window, the people became dots, and the dots vanished in turn. The higher I rose into the skies, the greater the melancholy I was drowning in.
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