청소

Korean

Etymology

Sino-Korean word from 淸掃 (“cleaning, sweeping”)

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key)[t͡ɕʰʌ̹ŋsʰo̞]
  • Phonetic Hangul[청소]
Revised Romanization? cheongso
Revised Romanization (translit.)? cheongso
McCune–Reischauer? ch'ŏngso
Yale Romanization? chengso

Noun

청소 • (cheongso) (hanja 淸掃)

  1. cleaning, sweeping
    그 도시의 거리 청소 업무는 비용이 아니라 수입의 원천이 된다.
    Geu dosiui geori cheongso eommuneun biyong-i anira su-ibui woncheoni doenda.
    [T]he street cleaning service of that city is a source of revenue instead of expense.
    (1881. Popular Science Monthly/Volume 18)

Derived terms
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