눈엣가시

Korean

Etymology

From 눈 (nun, “eye”) + —에 (e, locative marker) + —ㅅ— (-s-, genitive marker) + 가시 (gasi, “thorn”), literally: "a thorn in the eye". Compare a similar expression in Chinese 眼中釘，肉中刺／眼中钉，肉中刺 (yǎnzhōngdīng, ròuzhōngcì, “a nail in the eye, a thorn in the flesh”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key)[nune̞t̚k͈a̠ɕʰi] ~ [nune̞k͈a̠ɕʰi]
Phonetic Hangul[누넫까시/누네까시]

Revised Romanization^?	nunetgasi
Revised Romanization (translit.)^?	nun-esgasi
McCune–Reischauer^?	nunetkasi
Yale Romanization^?	nwun.eysqkasi

Noun

눈엣가시 • (nunetgasi)

an eyesore, a very disgusting person, an offense to the eye