처참

Korean

Etymology 1

Sino-Korean word from 悽慘 (“atrocious, terrible”).

Pronunciation

• (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [ˈt͡ɕʰɘ(ː)t͡ɕʰa̠m]
• Phonetic hangul: [처(ː)참]
  • Though still prescribed in Standard Korean, most speakers in both Koreas no longer distinguish vowel length.

Romanizations
Revised Romanization?	cheocham
Revised Romanization (translit.)?	cheocham
McCune–Reischauer?	ch'ŏch'am
Yale Romanization?	chē.cham

Noun

처참 • (cheocham) (hanja 悽慘)

1. atrocious, terrible; unbearable to see

Usage notes

• Although occasionally used as a noun in isolation, 처참 (cheocham) is generally encountered as the non-verbal element of the light verb construction 처참하다 (cheocham-hada). When conveying the noun meaning, the more common form is the verbal noun 처참함 (cheocham-ham).

Derived terms

• 처참(悽慘)하다 (cheochamhada)

 

See also

• 처연(凄然) (cheoyeon, “pitiable and desolate”)
• 처절(凄切) (cheojeol, “pitiable and sad”)

 

Etymology 2

Sino-Korean word from 處斬.

Pronunciation

• (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [ˈt͡ɕʰɘ(ː)t͡ɕʰa̠m]
• Phonetic hangul: [처(ː)참]
  • Though still prescribed in Standard Korean, most speakers in both Koreas no longer distinguish vowel length.

Romanizations
Revised Romanization?	cheocham
Revised Romanization (translit.)?	cheocham
McCune–Reischauer?	ch'ŏch'am
Yale Romanization?	chē.cham

Noun

처참 • (cheocham) (hanja 處斬)

1. decapitation, beheading

Derived terms

• 처참(處斬)하다 (cheochamhada)