급소

Korean

Etymology

From Japanese 急所(きゅうしょ) (kyūsho, “pressure point, essential notion”).

Pronunciation

Romanizations
Revised Romanization?geupso
Revised Romanization (translit.)?geubso
McCune–Reischauer?kŭpso
Yale Romanization?kup.so

Noun

급소 • (geupso)

  1. vital point, tender spot, keypoint, sore point
    급소를 공격하다 ― geupso-reul gonggyeokhada ― to strike at a vital point
    급소를 찌른 질문 ― geupso-reul jjireun jilmun ― a searching question
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