초원

Korean

Etymology

Sino-Korean word from 草原 (“grassland”).

Pronunciation

• (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [t͡ɕʰo̞wʌ̹n]

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• Phonetic hangul: [초원]

Romanizations
Revised Romanization?	chowon
Revised Romanization (translit.)?	chowon
McCune–Reischauer?	ch'owŏn
Yale Romanization?	chowen

Noun

초원 • (chowon) (hanja 草原)

1. grassland; grassy plain

   광할한 초원이 우리 앞에 펼쳐졌다.

   Gwanghalhan chowon-i uri ap-e pyeolcheojeotda.

   A vast grassland stretched before us.

   • 1812, “Song 330”, in 청구영언 장서각본/靑丘永言藏書閣本 [Jangseogak edition of the Cheonggu yeong'eon]:

     울며 ᄌᆞᆸ은 ᄉᆞᄆᆡ ᄯᅥᆯ치고 가지 마소 / 草(초)原(원) 長(쟝)程(졍)에 ᄒᆡ 다 져무럿ᄂᆡ / 客(ᄀᆡᆨ)窓(창)에 殘(잔)燈(등) 도도고 새와 보면 알리라

     ulmyeo jabeun samae tteolchigo gaji maso / chowon jyangjyeong-e hae da jyeomureonnae / gaekchang-e jandeung dodogo saewa bomyeon allira

     Do not shake [me] off the sleeves that I have grabbed onto, weeping, and leave! The sun has all but set on the long path on the grassy field; when you stay up the night, raising a dying lamp before the window of some inn, you will know [and regret].