애
See also: oh, OH, óh, öh, он, and өн
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Korean
애액앢앣앤앥앦 앧앨앩앪앫앬앭 앮앯앰앱앲앳앴 앵앶앷앸앹앺앻 | |
아 ← | → 야 |
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Etymology 1
See 아이 (ai), of which it is a contraction.
Pronunciation
- (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA(key): [ɛ(ː)] ~ [e̞(ː)]
- Phonetic hangul: [애(ː)/에(ː)]
- Though still prescribed in Standard Korean, most speakers in both Koreas no longer distinguish vowel length.
Romanizations | |
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Revised Romanization? | ae |
Revised Romanization (translit.)? | ae |
McCune–Reischauer? | ae |
Yale Romanization? | āy |
Noun
애 • (ae)
- Colloquial form of 아이 (ai, “child; kid”).
- 애 생기면 결혼해야지. ― ae saenggimyeon gyeolhonhaeyaji. ― If we get a kid, we'll have to marry.
- (colloquial, sometimes slightly derogatory) guy, person (usually rather young)
- Synonyms: 사람 (saram), (polite) 분 (bun)
- 일본 애들 ― Ilbon ae-deul ― Japanese people
Usage notes
- In colloquial Korean, this word is the source of most third-person human pronouns. See below.
Related terms
- 걔 (gyae, “he/she/it; close to the listener or not present at all”)
- 걔네 (gyaene, “they; not present in the conversation”)
- 얘 (yae, “he/she/it; close to the speaker”)
- 얘네 (yaene, “they; close to the speaker”)
- 쟤 (jae, “he/she/it; distant from the speaker and the listener”)
- 쟤네 (jaene, “they; distant from the speaker and the listener”)
Etymology 2
First attested in the Bullyu dugongbu si eonhae (分類杜工部詩諺解 / 분류두공부시언해), 1481, as Middle Korean 애〯 (Yale: ǎy), the original meaning being "internal organs". The original sense has been displaced by Sinitic 창자 (changja), 내장(內臟) (naejang), and the word survives only in certain expressions.
Pronunciation
- (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA(key): [ɛ(ː)] ~ [e̞(ː)]
- Phonetic hangul: [애(ː)/에(ː)]
- Though still prescribed in Standard Korean, most speakers in both Koreas no longer distinguish vowel length.
Romanizations | |
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Revised Romanization? | ae |
Revised Romanization (translit.)? | ae |
McCune–Reischauer? | ae |
Yale Romanization? | āy |
Noun
애 • (ae)
- (idiomatic) anxiety; impatience
- 너 때문에 애가 탄다
- neo ttaemun-e ae-ga tanda
- You make me so anxious.
- (literally, “My insides burn because of you.”)
- (idiomatic) trouble; effort
- 일을 마무리하려고 애쓴다.
- ir-eul mamuriharyeogo ae-sseunda.
- He makes an effort to finish the work.
- (literally, “He uses his inner organs to finish his work.”)
- (obsolete, original sense) internal organs, especially the intestines
Etymology 3
Sino-Korean word from 愛 (愛, “love”).
Pronunciation
- (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA(key): [ɛ(ː)] ~ [e̞(ː)]
- Phonetic hangul: [애(ː)/에(ː)]
- Though still prescribed in Standard Korean, most speakers in both Koreas no longer distinguish vowel length.
Romanizations | |
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Revised Romanization? | ae |
Revised Romanization (translit.)? | ae |
McCune–Reischauer? | ae |
Yale Romanization? | āy |
Noun
애 • (ae) (hanja 愛)
- (formal) love
- Synonym: (more common) 사랑 (sarang)
- (Buddhism) taṇhā or "craving", one of the pratītyasamutpāda, the source of human unhappiness
Suffix
—애 • (-ae) (hanja 愛)
- -philia
Etymology 4
Korean reading of various Chinese characters.
Syllable
애 (ae)
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Middle Korean
Etymology
Semantically, compare Chinese 腸/肠 (cháng).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ǎj/
Noun
애〯 (ǎy)
- the inner organs, in particular:
- the intestines, the guts
- Synonym: 챠ᇰᄌᆞ (chyangco)
- the gall bladder
- Synonym: ᄡᅳᆯ게 (psulkey)
- (possibly) the liver (only attested in early Early Modern Korean)
- Synonym: 간 (kan)
- the intestines, the guts
- (in figurative expressions) anxiety, impatience
- (in figurative expressions) trouble; effort
Descendants
- Korean: 애 (ae)