선술집
Korean
[edit]Etymology
[edit]서— (seo-, “to stand”) + −ㄴ (-n, realis adnominalizer) + 술집 (suljip, “bar, pub”). Literally "pub where one stands".
The meaning of "tavern" appears to stem from an early mistranslation of English tavern, a common setting in Western medieval-setting genre fiction.
Pronunciation
[edit]- (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA(key): [sʰʌ̹nsʰuʎt͡ɕ͈ip̚]
- Phonetic hangul: [선술찝]
| Romanizations | |
|---|---|
| Revised Romanization? | seonsuljip |
| Revised Romanization (translit.)? | seonsuljib |
| McCune–Reischauer? | sŏnsulchip |
| Yale Romanization? | senswulqcip |
Noun
[edit]선술집 • (seonsuljip)
- (dated) a stand-up bar, a pub with no seats, a roadside alcohol stall
- 1965, Kim Seung'ok, 서울 1964년 겨울 [seoul 1964nyeon gyeoul, Seoul, Winter 1964]:
- 1964년 겨울을 서울에서 지냈던 사람이라면 누구나 알 수 있겠지만, 밤이 되면 거리에 나타나는 선술집—오뎅과 군참새와 세 가지 종류의 술 등을 팔고 있고 […]
- 1964nyeon gyeour-eul seour-eseo jinaetdeon saram-iramyeon nuguna al su itgetjiman, bam-i doemyeon geori-e natananeun seonsuljib-odeng-gwa gunchamsae-wa se gaji jongnyu-ui sul deung-eul palgo itgo [ … ]
- It was in an liquor stall—one of those that anyone who had passed the winter of 1964 in Seoul would know, the stalls that emerge on the roadsides when night sets in, offering oden and roast sparrows and about three different kinds of alcohol […]
- (fantasy) tavern