"고추" meaning in Korean

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Noun

IPA: [ko̞t͡ɕʰu] [SK-Standard, Seoul] Forms: gochu [romanization]
Etymology: First attested in the Gugeupganibang eonhae (救急簡易方諺解 / 구급간이방언해), 1489, as Middle Korean 고쵸〮 (Yale: kwòchyó). Its original meaning was “black pepper”. Two hypotheses exist regarding its origin: # From Japanese 胡椒(こしょう) (koshō), in turn from Chinese 胡椒 [호초 (hocho)]. # From 고초 (苦草, gocho, “bitter vegetable”), acquiring its current meaning after the introduction of chili peppers in the 17th century. Etymology templates: {{ko-etym-native|ggb|고쵸〮|kwòchyó}} First attested in the Gugeupganibang eonhae (救急簡易方諺解 / 구급간이방언해), 1489, as Middle Korean 고쵸〮 (Yale: kwòchyó)., {{cog|ja|-}} Japanese, {{ja-r|胡椒|こしょう}} 胡椒(こしょう) (koshō), {{cog|zh|-}} Chinese, {{zh-l|胡椒|tr=-}} 胡椒, {{ko-l|호초}} 호초 (hocho), {{ko-l|苦草|고초|bitter vegetable}} 고초 (苦草, gocho, “bitter vegetable”) Head templates: {{ko-noun}} 고추 • (gochu)
  1. The chili pepper, often specifically the Korean chili pepper, a variety of Capsicum annuum. Categories (lifeform): Peppers
    Sense id: en-고추-ko-noun-TCalgicI Disambiguation of Peppers: 89 11 Categories (other): Korean entries with incorrect language header, Korean entries with topic categories using raw markup, Korean terms with dialectal pitch accent marked, Korean terms with redundant script codes, Korean terms with redundant transliterations, Native Korean words Disambiguation of Korean entries with incorrect language header: 93 7 Disambiguation of Korean entries with topic categories using raw markup: 92 8 Disambiguation of Korean terms with dialectal pitch accent marked: 90 10 Disambiguation of Korean terms with redundant script codes: 90 10 Disambiguation of Korean terms with redundant transliterations: 91 9 Disambiguation of Native Korean words: 89 11
  2. (informal, often childish) willy, wee-wee, penis Tags: childish, informal, often Categories (topical): Genitalia Related terms (penis): 남근 (namgeun), 음경 (eumgyeong), 자지 (jaji), (english: jot)
    Sense id: en-고추-ko-noun-1TeDnLjs Disambiguation of Genitalia: 31 69 Disambiguation of 'penis': 0 100
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: 칠리 (chilli)

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for 고추 meaning in Korean (4.1kB)

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      "args": {
        "1": "ggb",
        "2": "고쵸〮",
        "3": "kwòchyó"
      },
      "expansion": "First attested in the Gugeupganibang eonhae (救急簡易方諺解 / 구급간이방언해), 1489, as Middle Korean 고쵸〮 (Yale: kwòchyó).",
      "name": "ko-etym-native"
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    {
      "args": {
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        "2": "-"
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      "expansion": "Japanese",
      "name": "cog"
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "胡椒",
        "2": "こしょう"
      },
      "expansion": "胡椒(こしょう) (koshō)",
      "name": "ja-r"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "zh",
        "2": "-"
      },
      "expansion": "Chinese",
      "name": "cog"
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      "args": {
        "1": "胡椒",
        "tr": "-"
      },
      "expansion": "胡椒",
      "name": "zh-l"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "호초"
      },
      "expansion": "호초 (hocho)",
      "name": "ko-l"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "苦草",
        "2": "고초",
        "3": "bitter vegetable"
      },
      "expansion": "고초 (苦草, gocho, “bitter vegetable”)",
      "name": "ko-l"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "First attested in the Gugeupganibang eonhae (救急簡易方諺解 / 구급간이방언해), 1489, as Middle Korean 고쵸〮 (Yale: kwòchyó). Its original meaning was “black pepper”. Two hypotheses exist regarding its origin:\n# From Japanese 胡椒(こしょう) (koshō), in turn from Chinese 胡椒 [호초 (hocho)].\n# From 고초 (苦草, gocho, “bitter vegetable”), acquiring its current meaning after the introduction of chili peppers in the 17th century.",
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    {
      "form": "gochu",
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      "_dis1": "0 0",
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          "_dis": "89 11",
          "kind": "lifeform",
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          "name": "Peppers",
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          "parents": [
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            "Spices and herbs",
            "Vegetables",
            "Plants",
            "Foods",
            "Lifeforms",
            "Eating",
            "Food and drink",
            "All topics",
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        }
      ],
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        "The chili pepper, often specifically the Korean chili pepper, a variety of Capsicum annuum."
      ],
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      "links": [
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          "chili pepper",
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        ],
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          "Capsicum annuum",
          "Capsicum annuum#Translingual"
        ]
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          "willy",
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          "wee-wee",
          "wee-wee"
        ],
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          "penis",
          "penis"
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      ],
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          "_dis1": "0 100",
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          "word": "남근"
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          "sense": "penis",
          "word": "음경"
        },
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          "_dis1": "0 100",
          "roman": "jaji",
          "sense": "penis",
          "word": "자지"
        },
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          "sense": "penis",
          "word": "좆"
        }
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      "ipa": "[ko̞t͡ɕʰu]",
      "tags": [
        "SK-Standard",
        "Seoul"
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    },
    {
      "other": "[고추]"
    }
  ],
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}
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      "args": {
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      },
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      },
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      "args": {
        "1": "zh",
        "2": "-"
      },
      "expansion": "Chinese",
      "name": "cog"
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      "args": {
        "1": "胡椒",
        "tr": "-"
      },
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "호초"
      },
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    },
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        "1": "苦草",
        "2": "고초",
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      },
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  ],
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      "roman": "namgeun",
      "sense": "penis",
      "word": "남근"
    },
    {
      "roman": "eumgyeong",
      "sense": "penis",
      "word": "음경"
    },
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      "roman": "jaji",
      "sense": "penis",
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    },
    {
      "english": "jot",
      "sense": "penis",
      "word": "좆"
    },
    {
      "roman": "chilli",
      "word": "칠리"
    }
  ],
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        "The chili pepper, often specifically the Korean chili pepper, a variety of Capsicum annuum."
      ],
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        ]
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  ],
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    },
    {
      "other": "[고추]"
    }
  ],
  "word": "고추"
}

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