점심

Korean

Etymology

Sino-Korean word from 點心 (“snack”). First attested in the 順天金氏墓出土簡札/순천김씨 묘 출토 간찰 ("Letters excavated from the grave of Lady Suncheon Kim"), c. 1585, as Middle Korean 뎜심 (Yale: tyemsim).

Doublet of 딤섬 (dimseom), and cognate with Jeju 징심 (jingsim).

Pronunciation

• (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [ˈt͡ɕɘ(ː)mɕʰim]
• Phonetic hangul: [점(ː)심]
  • Though still prescribed in Standard Korean, most speakers in both Koreas no longer distinguish vowel length.

Romanizations
Revised Romanization?	jeomsim
Revised Romanization (translit.)?	jeomsim
McCune–Reischauer?	chŏmsim
Yale Romanization?	cēmsim

Noun

점심 • (jeomsim) (hanja 點心)

1. lunch, luncheon [from before c. 1585]

   점심을 먹다 ― jeomsim-eul meokda ― to have/eat lunch

   아빠는 점심에 고기 먹는 거 싫어해.

   Appa-neun jeomsim-e gogi meongneun geo sireo-hae.

   Dad doesn't like having meat for lunch.

2. midday [from 1900s]

Alternative forms

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• (Chungcheon, Gyeonggi, Hamgyeong) 겸심 (gyeomsim)
• (Chungcheong, Hamgyeong, Jillin) 경심 (gyeongsim)
• (Pyeongan, Liaoning) 던심 (deonsim)
• (Pyeongan) 덤심 (deomsim)
• (North Pyeongan) 덩심 (deongsim)
• (North Hamgyeong) 뎀심 (demsim)
• (South Gyeongsang) 저섬 (jeoseom)
• (North Gyeongsang) 저염 (jeoyeom)
• (Gyeongsang, Heilongjiang) 전슴 (jeonseum)
• (South Chungcheong) 점선 (jeomseon)
• (South Gyeongsang, Heilongjiang) 점섬 (jeomseom)
• (Gangwon, North Gyeongsang) 점숨 (jeomsum)
• (Gyeongsang, Heilongjiang) 점쉼 (jeomswim)
• (Gangwon, Gyeonggi) 점슴 (jeomseum)
• (Gyeonggi) 점신 (jeomsin)
• (South Gyeongsang, Hamgyeong, Heilongjiang, Jillin) 정슴 (jeongseum)
• (Gangwon) 정승 (jeongseung)
• (Gangwon, South Gyeongsang, Hamgyeong, South Jeolla) 정심 (jeongsim)
• (North Hamgyeong, Jillin) 졈심 (jeomsim)
• (South Chungcheong) 즘슨 (jeumseun)
• (Gangwon) 즘슴 (jeumseum)
• (North Chungcheong) 즘신 (jeumsin)
• (North Chungcheong, Gangwon, Gyeonggi) 즘심 (jeumsim)
• (North Chungcheon, Gangwon) 증심 (jeungsim)
• (South Gyeongsang) 진섬 (jinseom)
• (South Gyeongsang) 짐섬 (jimseom)
• (South Chungcheong) 짐슴 (jimseum)
• (Gyeonggi) 짐심 (jimsim)

 

Synonyms

• 중식 (jungsik) (dated, formal, literary)
• 런치 (reonchi) (phonetic loan, informal)

References

• Dialectal Dictionary, Wordrow.com 우리말샘 Urimalsaem Publishing, Accessed 14 September 2023