청초하다

Korean

Etymology

청초(淸楚) (cheongcho) +‎ 하다 (-hada, “to do”, light verb deriving adjectives). See also Chinese 清楚.

Pronunciation

  • (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA(key): [t͡ɕʰʌ̹ŋt͡ɕʰo̞ɦa̠da̠]
  • Phonetic hangul: [청초하다]
Romanizations
Revised Romanization?cheongchohada
Revised Romanization (translit.)?cheongchohada
McCune–Reischauer?ch'ŏngch'ohada
Yale Romanization?chengchohata

Adjective

청초하다 • (cheongchohada) (infinitive 청초해 or 청초하여, sequential 청초하니)

  1. to be unobtrusively but elegantly beautiful
    묵은 느티나무가 청초한 정원을 굽어봤다. ― Mugeun neutinamu-ga cheongchohan jeong'won-eul gubeobwatda. ― The aged zelkova gazed down upon the elegant garden.

Conjugation

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