가슴

Korean

Etymology

First attested in the Seokbo sangjeol (釋譜詳節 / 석보상절), 1447, as Middle Korean 가ᄉᆞᆷ〮 (Yale: kàsóm).

Pronunciation
  • (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA(key): [ka̠sʰɯm]
    • (file)
  • Phonetic hangul: [가슴]
Romanizations
Revised Romanization?gaseum
Revised Romanization (translit.)?gaseum
McCune–Reischauer?kasŭm
Yale Romanization?kasum
  • South Gyeongsang (Busan) pitch accent: 가슴의 / 가슴에 / 가슴까지

    Syllables in red take high pitch. This word always takes high pitch only on the first syllable, and lowers the pitch of subsequent suffixes.

Noun

가슴 • (gaseum)

  1. chest, breast
    Synonym: 흉부(胸部) (hyungbu, “chest, thorax”)
    넓은 가슴 ― neolbeun gaseum ― a broad chest
    맨 가슴 ― maen gaseum ― a bare chest
    가슴에 품다 ― gaseum-e pumda ― to embrace [to hold to one's chest]
    울새는 가슴이 빨갛다.
    Ulsae-neun gaseum-i ppalgata.
    The robin has a red breast.
  2. breasts, bust, bosom
    Synonym: 젖가슴 (jeotgaseum)
    가슴이 작다 ― gaseum-i jakda ― small breasts
  3. (informal) boobs, tits
    Synonym: 슴가 (seumga)
  4. heart, mind, core
    그녀는 죄책감이 가슴을 찔렀다.
    Geunyeo-neun joechaekgam-i gaseum-eul jjilleotda.
    She was pierced to the heart with guilt.
  5. (anatomy) heart, lungs
    가슴의 고동 ― gaseum-ui godong ― a heartbeat
  6. mind, feeling, emotion, heart
    Synonym: 마음 (ma'eum)
    놀란 가슴 ― nollan gaseum ― a shocked feeling
    가슴 뭉클한 이야기 ― gaseum mungkeulhan iyagi ― a touching story

Derived terms
  • 새가슴 (saegaseum, “chicken breast”)
  • 젖가슴 (jeotgaseum, “breasts”)
  • 가슴뼈 (gaseumppyeo, “sternum, breastbone”)
  • 가슴골 (gaseumgol, “cleavage”)
  • 가슴고름집 (gaseumgoreumjip, “empyema, pyothorax”)
  • 가슴주머니 (gaseumjumeoni, “breast pocket”)
  • 슴가 (seumga, “boobs, tits”) (informal)
  • 오르가슴 (oreugaseum, “orgasm”)
  • 반달가슴곰 (bandalgaseumgom, “Asiatic black bear”)
  • 가슴앓이 (gaseumari, “heartburn, heartache”)
  • 붉은가슴흰죽지 (bulgeun'gaseumhuinjukji, “Baer's pochard”)
  • 붉은가슴울새 (bulgeun'gaseumulsae, “Japanese robin”)

See also
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