청소

Korean

Etymology

Sino-Korean word from 淸掃, from 淸 (“clear”) + 掃 (“sweep, clean”).

Pronunciation

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

Noun

Derived verbs
Active 청소하다
Passive 청소되다

청소 • (cheongso) (hanja 淸掃)

  1. cleaning
    그 도시의 거리 청소 업무는 비용이 아니라 수입의 원천이 된다.
    Geu dosi-ui geori cheongso eommu-neun biyong-i anira su'ib-ui woncheon-i 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

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