추억

Korean

Etymology

Sino-Korean word from 追憶 (“recollection, reminiscence”).

Pronunciation

• (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [t͡ɕʰuʌ̹k̚]
• Phonetic hangul: [추억]

Romanizations
Revised Romanization?	chueok
Revised Romanization (translit.)?	chueog
McCune–Reischauer?	ch'uŏk
Yale Romanization?	chwuek

Noun

추억 • (chueok) (hanja 追憶)

1. memory; recollection; reminiscence

   옛 사진들을 보니 지난날의 추억들이 아련하게 떠오른다.

   yet sajin-deur-eul boni jinannar-ui chueok-deur-i aryeonhage tteooreunda.

   Seeing pictures of the bygone days, [my mind] was tingling with faint memories of yesteryear.

   • 1965, Kim Seung'ok, 서울 1964년 겨울 [seoul 1964nyeon gyeoul, Seoul, Winter 1964]:

     추억이란 그것이 슬픈 것이든지 기쁜 것이든지 그것을 생각하는 사람을 의기양양하게 한다. 슬픈 추억일 때는 고즈넉이 의기양양해지고 기쁜 추억일 때는 소란스럽게 의기양양해진다.

     Chueog-iran geugeos-i seulpeun geos-ideunji gippeun geos-ideunji geugeos-eul saenggakhaneun saram-eul uigiyang'yanghage handa. Seulpeun chueog-il ttae-neun gojeuneogi uigiyang'yanghaejigo gippeun chueog-il ttae-neun soranseureopge uigiyang'yanghaejinda.

     Old memories—no matter how sad or happy they may be—makes he who recollects them feel triumphant. If it is a sad memory, he is lonesomely triumphant; for a happy memory, he is boisterously so.

Derived terms

• 추억하다 (追憶—, chueokhada)
• 추억되다 (追憶—, chueokdoeda)

See also

• 기억 (記憶, gieok)
• 회상 (回想, hoesang)