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찰떡

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Korean

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Etymology

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First attested in the Geumganggyeong samgahae (金剛經三家解 / 금강경삼가해), 1482, as Middle Korean ᄎᆞᆯ〮ᄯᅥᆨ〮 (Yale: chól-sték), equivalent to (chal-, sticky, glutinous) +‎ (tteok, rice cake).

Pronunciation

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Romanizations
Revised Romanization?chaltteok
Revised Romanization (translit.)?chal'tteog
McCune–Reischauer?ch'alttŏk
Yale Romanization?chalttek

Noun

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찰떡 (chaltteok)

  1. glutinous rice cake
    Synonym: 찹쌀떡 (chapssaltteok)
  2. Used in similes for things stuck tightly together.
    서로 찰떡처럼 붙은 연인
    seoro chaltteok-cheoreom buteun yeonin
    lovers next to each other like two sticky rice cakes

Derived terms

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