낯
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| 나낙낚낛난낝낞 낟날낡낢낣낤낥 낦낧남납낪낫났 낭낮낯낰낱낲낳 | |
| 끼 ← | → 내 |
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Korean
Alternative forms
- 낫 (nat) (obsolete)
Etymology
First attested in the Yongbi eocheon'ga (龍飛御天歌 / 용비어천가), 1447, as Middle Korean ᄂᆞᆾ (Yale: nòch). In Seoul Korean, largely displaced by 얼굴 (eolgul), which originally meant "appearance" in general but narrowed to "face" in the eighteenth century.
Pronunciation
- (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA(key): [na̠t̚]
- Phonetic hangul: [낟]
| Romanizations | |
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| Revised Romanization? | nat |
| Revised Romanization (translit.)? | nach |
| McCune–Reischauer? | nat |
| Yale Romanization? | nach |
Noun
낯 • (nat)
- (less common or dialectal) face; countenance
- 느 낯 씪었나? (Gyeongsang dialect, Changwon)
- Neu nat ssikkeonna?
- Did you wash your face?
- 웃는 낯에 침을 뱉다
- unneun nach-e chim-eul baetda
- to spit on a laughing face
- Synonym: (more common) 얼굴 (eolgul)
- (uncommon) honour; face
- 선비의 집 자식으로 어디 내놓아도 낯깎일 일 없을 놈이었다.
- Seonbi-ui jip jasig-euro eodi naenoa-do natkkakkil il eopseul nom-ieotda.
- Being a man of scholar family, he was never to lose his honor anywhere.
- Synonym: (more common) 체면(體面) (chemyeon)
Derived terms
- 낯짝 (natjjak, “face (humble)”)
- 낯설다 (natseolda, “to be unfamiliar; strange”)
- 낯익다 (nannikda, “to be familiar; acquainted”)
- 낯가리다 (natgarida, “to be shy”)