추호

Korean

Etymology

Sino-Korean word from 秋毫, from 秋 (“autumn”) + 毫 (“hair”), originally referring to a single strand of the soft down that grows on birds after they shed their feathers in autumn.

Pronunciation

(SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [t͡ɕʰuβo̞]
Phonetic hangul: [추호]

Romanizations
Revised Romanization^?	chuho
Revised Romanization (translit.)^?	chuho
McCune–Reischauer^?	ch'uho
Yale Romanization^?	chwuho

Noun

추호 • (chuho) (hanja 秋毫)

something very small (especially in the construction 추호 도 없다 (chuho-do eopda, “to not have the slightest...”))
그 를 용서할 생각 은 추호도 없다.
Geu-reul yongseo-hal saenggag-eun chuho-do eopda.
I do not have the slightest intention of forgiving him.

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