"뺨" meaning in Korean

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Noun

IPA: [p͈ja̠m] [SK-Standard, Seoul] Forms: ppyam [romanization]
Etymology: First attested in the Gugeupganibang eonhae (救急簡易方諺解 / 구급간이방언해), 1489, as Middle Korean ᄲᅡᆷ (Yale: spam). Also attested in the Bak Tongsa eonhae (朴通事諺解 / 박통사언해), 1677. as ᄲᅣᆷ (spyam), direct origin of the standard form. Compare dialectal forms 뱜 (byam, Central/Gangwon), 빰 (ppam, Hengyeong/Jeolla/Gyeongnam), 뺌 (ppaem, Gyeongbuk/Chungbuk), etc. and Jeju 삐얌 (ppiyam). Etymology templates: {{ko-etym-native|ggb|ᄲᅡᆷ|spam}} First attested in the Gugeupganibang eonhae (救急簡易方諺解 / 구급간이방언해), 1489, as Middle Korean ᄲᅡᆷ (Yale: spam)., {{ko-etym-native|pts|also=y}} Also attested in the Bak Tongsa eonhae (朴通事諺解 / 박통사언해), 1677., {{ko-l|뱜|Central/Gangwon}} 뱜 (byam, Central/Gangwon), {{ko-l|빰|Hengyeong/Jeolla/Gyeongnam}} 빰 (ppam, Hengyeong/Jeolla/Gyeongnam), {{ko-l|뺌|Gyeongbuk/Chungbuk}} 뺌 (ppaem, Gyeongbuk/Chungbuk), {{cog|jje|삐얌}} Jeju 삐얌 (ppiyam) Head templates: {{ko-noun}} 뺨 • (ppyam)
  1. cheek
    Sense id: en-뺨-ko-noun-NUmyogXm Categories (other): Anatomy Disambiguation of Anatomy: 50 50
  2. width (as of slim things)
    Sense id: en-뺨-ko-noun-XQFBmQOV Categories (other): Korean entries with incorrect language header, Korean terms with redundant script codes, Korean terms with redundant transliterations, Middle Korean terms with redundant transliterations, Native Korean words, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Anatomy Disambiguation of Korean entries with incorrect language header: 11 89 Disambiguation of Korean terms with redundant script codes: 31 69 Disambiguation of Korean terms with redundant transliterations: 34 66 Disambiguation of Middle Korean terms with redundant transliterations: 39 61 Disambiguation of Native Korean words: 35 65 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 31 69 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 13 87 Disambiguation of Anatomy: 50 50
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: 볼: cheek (bol), width, 너비 (neobi) (english: width) Derived forms: 뺨따귀 (ppyamttagwi) (english: (humble) cheek) Related terms: 빨다 (ppalda) (english: to suck; to fellate), 빨다 (ppalda) (english: to be hollow; pointed)
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  "derived": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "english": "(humble) cheek",
      "roman": "ppyamttagwi",
      "translation": "(humble) cheek",
      "word": "뺨따귀"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ggb",
        "2": "ᄲᅡᆷ",
        "3": "spam"
      },
      "expansion": "First attested in the Gugeupganibang eonhae (救急簡易方諺解 / 구급간이방언해), 1489, as Middle Korean ᄲᅡᆷ (Yale: spam).",
      "name": "ko-etym-native"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "pts",
        "also": "y"
      },
      "expansion": "Also attested in the Bak Tongsa eonhae (朴通事諺解 / 박통사언해), 1677.",
      "name": "ko-etym-native"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "뱜",
        "2": "Central/Gangwon"
      },
      "expansion": "뱜 (byam, Central/Gangwon)",
      "name": "ko-l"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "빰",
        "2": "Hengyeong/Jeolla/Gyeongnam"
      },
      "expansion": "빰 (ppam, Hengyeong/Jeolla/Gyeongnam)",
      "name": "ko-l"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "뺌",
        "2": "Gyeongbuk/Chungbuk"
      },
      "expansion": "뺌 (ppaem, Gyeongbuk/Chungbuk)",
      "name": "ko-l"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "jje",
        "2": "삐얌"
      },
      "expansion": "Jeju 삐얌 (ppiyam)",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "First attested in the Gugeupganibang eonhae (救急簡易方諺解 / 구급간이방언해), 1489, as Middle Korean ᄲᅡᆷ (Yale: spam). Also attested in the Bak Tongsa eonhae (朴通事諺解 / 박통사언해), 1677. as ᄲᅣᆷ (spyam), direct origin of the standard form.\nCompare dialectal forms 뱜 (byam, Central/Gangwon), 빰 (ppam, Hengyeong/Jeolla/Gyeongnam), 뺌 (ppaem, Gyeongbuk/Chungbuk), etc. and Jeju 삐얌 (ppiyam).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "ppyam",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "뺨 • (ppyam)",
      "name": "ko-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Korean",
  "lang_code": "ko",
  "pos": "noun",
  "related": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "english": "to suck; to fellate",
      "roman": "ppalda",
      "translation": "to suck; to fellate",
      "word": "빨다"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "english": "to be hollow; pointed",
      "roman": "ppalda",
      "translation": "to be hollow; pointed",
      "word": "빨다"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "50 50",
          "kind": "other",
          "langcode": "ko",
          "name": "Anatomy",
          "orig": "ko:Anatomy",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "bold_text_offsets": [
            [
              12,
              13
            ]
          ],
          "english": "Jung-woo kissed Julia on both cheeks.",
          "ref": "2020, Olly Richards, Short Stories in Korean for Intermediate Learners, page 9:",
          "roman": "Jeong'u-neun Jullia-ui yangjjok ppyam-e ppoppo-reul haesseoyo.",
          "text": "정우는 줄리아의 양쪽 뺨에 뽀뽀를 했어요.",
          "translation": "Jung-woo kissed Julia on both cheeks.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "cheek"
      ],
      "id": "en-뺨-ko-noun-NUmyogXm",
      "links": [
        [
          "cheek",
          "cheek"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "11 89",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Korean entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "31 69",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Korean terms with redundant script codes",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "34 66",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Korean terms with redundant transliterations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "39 61",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Middle Korean terms with redundant transliterations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "35 65",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Native Korean words",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "31 69",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "13 87",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "50 50",
          "kind": "other",
          "langcode": "ko",
          "name": "Anatomy",
          "orig": "ko:Anatomy",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "width (as of slim things)"
      ],
      "id": "en-뺨-ko-noun-XQFBmQOV",
      "links": [
        [
          "width",
          "width"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "[p͈ja̠m]",
      "tags": [
        "SK-Standard",
        "Seoul"
      ]
    },
    {
      "hangeul": "뺨"
    },
    {
      "other": "[뺨]"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "bol",
      "word": "볼: cheek"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "width"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "english": "width",
      "roman": "neobi",
      "translation": "width",
      "word": "너비"
    }
  ],
  "word": "뺨"
}
{
  "categories": [
    "Korean entries with incorrect language header",
    "Korean lemmas",
    "Korean nouns",
    "Korean terms derived from Middle Korean",
    "Korean terms inherited from Middle Korean",
    "Korean terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Korean terms with redundant script codes",
    "Korean terms with redundant transliterations",
    "Middle Korean terms with redundant transliterations",
    "Native Korean words",
    "Pages with 1 entry",
    "Pages with entries",
    "ko:Anatomy"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "english": "(humble) cheek",
      "roman": "ppyamttagwi",
      "translation": "(humble) cheek",
      "word": "뺨따귀"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ggb",
        "2": "ᄲᅡᆷ",
        "3": "spam"
      },
      "expansion": "First attested in the Gugeupganibang eonhae (救急簡易方諺解 / 구급간이방언해), 1489, as Middle Korean ᄲᅡᆷ (Yale: spam).",
      "name": "ko-etym-native"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "pts",
        "also": "y"
      },
      "expansion": "Also attested in the Bak Tongsa eonhae (朴通事諺解 / 박통사언해), 1677.",
      "name": "ko-etym-native"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "뱜",
        "2": "Central/Gangwon"
      },
      "expansion": "뱜 (byam, Central/Gangwon)",
      "name": "ko-l"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "빰",
        "2": "Hengyeong/Jeolla/Gyeongnam"
      },
      "expansion": "빰 (ppam, Hengyeong/Jeolla/Gyeongnam)",
      "name": "ko-l"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "뺌",
        "2": "Gyeongbuk/Chungbuk"
      },
      "expansion": "뺌 (ppaem, Gyeongbuk/Chungbuk)",
      "name": "ko-l"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "jje",
        "2": "삐얌"
      },
      "expansion": "Jeju 삐얌 (ppiyam)",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "First attested in the Gugeupganibang eonhae (救急簡易方諺解 / 구급간이방언해), 1489, as Middle Korean ᄲᅡᆷ (Yale: spam). Also attested in the Bak Tongsa eonhae (朴通事諺解 / 박통사언해), 1677. as ᄲᅣᆷ (spyam), direct origin of the standard form.\nCompare dialectal forms 뱜 (byam, Central/Gangwon), 빰 (ppam, Hengyeong/Jeolla/Gyeongnam), 뺌 (ppaem, Gyeongbuk/Chungbuk), etc. and Jeju 삐얌 (ppiyam).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "ppyam",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "뺨 • (ppyam)",
      "name": "ko-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Korean",
  "lang_code": "ko",
  "pos": "noun",
  "related": [
    {
      "english": "to suck; to fellate",
      "roman": "ppalda",
      "translation": "to suck; to fellate",
      "word": "빨다"
    },
    {
      "english": "to be hollow; pointed",
      "roman": "ppalda",
      "translation": "to be hollow; pointed",
      "word": "빨다"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Korean terms with quotations"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "bold_text_offsets": [
            [
              12,
              13
            ]
          ],
          "english": "Jung-woo kissed Julia on both cheeks.",
          "ref": "2020, Olly Richards, Short Stories in Korean for Intermediate Learners, page 9:",
          "roman": "Jeong'u-neun Jullia-ui yangjjok ppyam-e ppoppo-reul haesseoyo.",
          "text": "정우는 줄리아의 양쪽 뺨에 뽀뽀를 했어요.",
          "translation": "Jung-woo kissed Julia on both cheeks.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "cheek"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "cheek",
          "cheek"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "width (as of slim things)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "width",
          "width"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "[p͈ja̠m]",
      "tags": [
        "SK-Standard",
        "Seoul"
      ]
    },
    {
      "hangeul": "뺨"
    },
    {
      "other": "[뺨]"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "roman": "bol",
      "word": "볼: cheek"
    },
    {
      "word": "width"
    },
    {
      "english": "width",
      "roman": "neobi",
      "translation": "width",
      "word": "너비"
    }
  ],
  "word": "뺨"
}

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