고수

Korean

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key)[ko̞sʰu]
  • Phonetic Hangul[고수]
Revised Romanization? gosu
Revised Romanization (translit.)? gosu
McCune–Reischauer? kosu
Yale Romanization? koswu

Etymology 1

Sino-Korean word from 胡荽, from a phono-semantic matching of an Iranian form.

Noun

고수 • (gosu)

  1. coriander/cilantro

Etymology 2

Sino-Korean word from 高手, from 高 (“tall”) + 手 (“-ist; -er”)

Noun

고수 • (gosu)

  1. gosu; highly skilled person
Descendants

Etymology 3

Sino-Korean word from 鼓手, from 鼓 (“drum”) + 手 (“-ist; -er”)

Noun

고수 • (gosu)

  1. pansori drummer

Etymology 4

Sino-Korean word from 苦受, from Sanskrit उपेक्षा (upekṣā) +‎ वेदना (vedanā, “suffering”)

Noun

고수 • (gosu)

  1. (Buddhism) type of suffering
Coordinate terms
  • 낙수 (樂受, naksu)
  • 사수 (捨受, sasu)
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