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Julius
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 Posted: Wed Jun 09, 2010 7:55 am Post subject: Seoul subway names quiz. |
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OK here is a little quiz I came up with  . What is the Korean name for these subway stations? I've written their meaning in english:-
1) West Great Gate
2) Eagle mountain
3) Lonely Mountain
4) Place of Cranes
5) Gentleman
6) Great park
7) South of the river
Viii) River shore
9) Meditation Rock
10) Useless Island |
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CA-NA-DA-ABC
Joined: 20 Jun 2006
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| Posted: Wed Jun 09, 2010 11:37 am Post subject: Re: Seoul subway names quiz. |
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| Julius wrote: |
OK here is a little quiz I came up with . What is the Korean name for these subway stations? I've written their meaning in english:-
1) West Great Gate
2) Eagle mountain
3) Lonely Mountain
4) Place of Cranes
5) Gentleman
6) Great park
7) South of the river
Viii) River shore
9) Meditation Rock
10) Useless Island |
1) Seodaemun
2) Suri-san
3) ?
4) Hakdong
5) Sinsa
6) Dae-gong-won (Children's?)
7) Gangnam
 Gangbyeon
9) ?
10) Ttukseom (guessing) |
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CA-NA-DA-ABC
Joined: 20 Jun 2006
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| Posted: Wed Jun 09, 2010 12:57 pm Post subject: |
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3) Doksan?
9) Seonbawi |
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CA-NA-DA-ABC
Joined: 20 Jun 2006
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| Posted: Wed Jun 09, 2010 1:01 pm Post subject: |
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This is fun actually. I'm gonna add a few
1) Three pines
2) New village
3) Bell pavillion
4) national peace |
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samd
Joined: 03 Jan 2007
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| Posted: Wed Jun 09, 2010 4:37 pm Post subject: |
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| I don't know about some of the others because I haven't looked them up, but Sinsa Station definitely does not mean Gentleman Station... |
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Draz
Joined: 27 Jun 2007
Location: Land of Morning Clam
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| Posted: Wed Jun 09, 2010 4:42 pm Post subject: |
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Strangely, it's never occurred to me that the subway names might actually MEAN something.
Edit: I mean, are these "traditional" words or place names that don't make sense in modern Korean? |
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jvalmer
Joined: 06 Jun 2003
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| Posted: Wed Jun 09, 2010 5:09 pm Post subject: |
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| Draz wrote: |
Strangely, it's never occurred to me that the subway names might actually MEAN something.
Edit: I mean, are these "traditional" words or place names that don't make sense in modern Korean? |
Like in China and Japan, most place names are based on Chinese root words. So if you check out the Chinese written below the Korean, you can get a gist of what it means. Most place names worldwide are some historical reference to something, someone, or some event in the area. But in the end they are just place names. |
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Bucky
Joined: 19 Jul 2009
Location: Vancouver (formerly Yongsan-gu, Seoul)
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| Posted: Wed Jun 09, 2010 5:30 pm Post subject: |
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Here's another one for you...
What station name means "Blooming Flower"?
An easy one also: "New Dragon Mountain." |
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DeMayonnaise
Joined: 02 Nov 2008
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| Posted: Wed Jun 09, 2010 6:19 pm Post subject: |
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| Bucky wrote: |
Here's another one for you...
What station name means "Blooming Flower"?
An easy one also: "New Dragon Mountain." |
신용산 |
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T-J
Joined: 10 Oct 2008
Location: Seoul EunpyungGu Yeonsinnae
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| Posted: Wed Jun 09, 2010 6:35 pm Post subject: Re: Seoul subway names quiz. |
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| Julius wrote: |
OK here is a little quiz I came up with . What is the Korean name for these subway stations? I've written their meaning in english:-
1) West Great Gate
2) Eagle mountain
3) Lonely Mountain
4) Place of Cranes
5) Gentleman
6) Great park
7) South of the river
Viii) River shore
9) Meditation Rock
10) Useless Island |
2) 수리 is upkeep or repair (修理)
3) 독 산 is bald mountain (禿山驛)
5) 신사 is new temple (新寺) |
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detourne_me
Joined: 26 May 2006
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| Posted: Wed Jun 09, 2010 7:57 pm Post subject: |
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| How about "bright lights" station? |
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seoulsucker
Joined: 05 Mar 2006
Location: The Land of the Hesitant Cutoff
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| Posted: Wed Jun 09, 2010 8:32 pm Post subject: |
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| DeMayonnaise wrote: |
| Bucky wrote: |
Here's another one for you...
What station name means "Blooming Flower"?
An easy one also: "New Dragon Mountain." |
신용산 |
Hence the name of the hotel, spa, etc. |
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yoja
Joined: 30 May 2008
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| Posted: Wed Jun 09, 2010 9:38 pm Post subject: |
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That's so weird, I was sure that #10 was "Dok-do"
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10) Useless Island
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haha |
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Julius
Joined: 27 Jul 2006
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| Posted: Wed Jun 09, 2010 10:16 pm Post subject: |
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3) Doksan?
9) Seonbawi |
We have a winner!
These two definitions were told me by Koreans btw.
*"Useless Island" can also be translated as "You can have it! Island". ie, the land nobody wanted.
And no, its not Ttukseom.  |
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Bucky
Joined: 19 Jul 2009
Location: Vancouver (formerly Yongsan-gu, Seoul)
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| Posted: Wed Jun 09, 2010 11:07 pm Post subject: |
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| seoulsucker wrote: |
| DeMayonnaise wrote: |
| Bucky wrote: |
Here's another one for you...
What station name means "Blooming Flower"?
An easy one also: "New Dragon Mountain." |
신용산 |
Hence the name of the hotel, spa, etc. |
Yup, and the name of "Dragon Hill Lodge" on Yongsan Garrison (용산 = dragon mountain).
No takers for "Blooming Flower"? (It can also be understood as "Open Flower.") |
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