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)

memory; recollection; reminiscence
옛 사진 들 을 보니 지난날의 추억들 이 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, Winter 1964]:
  추억이란 그것 이 슬픈 것 이든지 기쁜 것 이든지 그것 을 생각하는 사람 을 의기양양하게 한다. 슬픈 추억일 때 는 고즈넉이 의기양양해지고 기쁜 추억일 때 는 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)

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