청소

Korean

Etymology

Sino-Korean word from 淸掃 (“cleaning, sweeping”)

Pronunciation

• (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [t͡ɕʰʌ̹ŋsʰo̞]
• Phonetic hangul: [청소]

Romanizations
Revised Romanization?	cheongso
Revised Romanization (translit.)?	cheongso
McCune–Reischauer?	ch'ŏngso
Yale Romanization?	chengso

Noun

청소 • (cheongso) (hanja 淸掃)

1. cleaning, sweeping

   그 도시의 거리 청소 업무는 비용이 아니라 수입의 원천이 된다.

   geu dosiui geori cheongso eommuneun biyong'i anira su'ibui woncheoni doenda.

   [T]he street cleaning service of that city is a source of revenue instead of expense.

   (1881. Popular Science Monthly/Volume 18)

Derived terms

• 청소하다 (cheongsohada, “to clean”)