촌사람

Korean

Etymology

From 촌(村) (chon, “country”) +‎ -ㅅ- (-s-) +‎ 사람 (saram, “person”).

Pronunciation

  • (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA(key): [ˈt͡ɕʰo̞(ː)ns͈a̠ɾa̠m]
  • Phonetic hangul: [촌(ː)싸람]
    • Though still prescribed in Standard Korean, most speakers in both Koreas no longer distinguish vowel length.
Romanizations
Revised Romanization?chonsaram
Revised Romanization (translit.)?chonsalam
McCune–Reischauer?ch'onssaram
Yale Romanization?chōnqsalam

Noun

촌사람 • (chonsaram) (hanja 村사람)

  1. country person; someone who lives in the a rural area, the countryside
  2. country bumpkin; (figuratively) simpleton, small-minded person
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