동치미

Korean

Etymology

From 동침(冬沈)이, from 동(冬) (dong, “winter”) +‎ 침(沈) (chim, “to sink”) +‎ -이 (-i, “-er, -or”, agent noun suffix). Literally, “winter sinker”.

Pronunciation

Romanizations
Revised Romanization?dongchimi
Revised Romanization (translit.)?dongchimi
McCune–Reischauer?tongch'imi
Yale Romanization?tongchimi

Noun

동치미 • (dongchimi)

  1. dongchimi (a type of kimchi made of whole daikon that are salted, soaked in boiled salt water and left to ferment, often during the winter months)
    Hypernym: 무김치 (mugimchi)
This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is available under Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 unless otherwise noted. Additional terms may apply for the media files.