고수

Korean

Pronunciation

• (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [ko̞sʰu]
• Phonetic hangul: [고수]

Romanizations
Revised Romanization?	gosu
Revised Romanization (translit.)?	gosu
McCune–Reischauer?	kosu
Yale Romanization?	koswu

Etymology 1

Sino-Korean word from 胡荽, from a phono-semantic matching of an Iranian form.

Noun

고수 • (gosu)

1. coriander/cilantro

Etymology 2

Sino-Korean word from 高手, from 高 (“tall”) + 手 (“-ist; -er”)

Noun

고수 • (gosu)

1. gosu; highly skilled person

Descendants

• → English: gosu

Etymology 3

Sino-Korean word from 鼓手, from 鼓 (“drum”) + 手 (“-ist; -er”)

Noun

고수 • (gosu)

1. pansori drummer

Etymology 4

Sino-Korean word from 苦受, from Sanskrit उपेक्षा (upekṣā) +‎ वेदना (vedanā, “suffering”)

Noun

고수 • (gosu)

1. (Buddhism) type of suffering

Coordinate terms

• 낙수 (樂受, naksu)
• 사수 (捨受, sasu)