고무신
Korean
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Etymology
[edit]고무 (gomu, “rubber”) + 신 (sin, “shoe”). The colloquial sense is supposedly connected to the idiom.
Pronunciation
[edit]- (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA(key): [ko̞muɕʰin]
- Phonetic hangul: [고무신]
| Romanizations | |
|---|---|
| Revised Romanization? | gomusin |
| Revised Romanization (translit.)? | gomusin |
| McCune–Reischauer? | komusin |
| Yale Romanization? | komusin |
Noun
[edit]고무신 • (gomusin)
- rubber slippers
- (slang) a woman whose boyfriend has been conscripted into the army
- Synonym: 곰신 (gomsin, contraction)
Derived terms
[edit]- 고무신을 거꾸로 신다 (gomusineul geokkuro sinda, “to leave one's boyfriend for another man”, literally “to wear one's rubber slippers the wrong way”)