"한파"
Translation:cold snap
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I googled it. Apparently, it's the opposite of a heat wave, though in America the term I hear more often is "cold spell"
I hear and say "cold snap" all the time! I guess it's more of a southern saying. You're right about the meaning. :)
I say heat wave but don't have a term for "it's going to be really cold for a while." The people that read weather.com to my parents on local news shows seem to say "cold front."
A cold front and a cold snap aren't really the same though. Just like how a heat wave and a warm front aren't the same thing.
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A cold snap, also known as a cold wave or cold spell, is a short and sudden period of cold temperatures. It is not the same as a cold front, which is the leading edge of a mass of cold air.
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That's actually helpful for people who might be confusing 한 with the native Korean number one 하나.
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ohhh, there are much much more different '한's in Korean than these two. Such as: 限, 恨, 漢, 汗, 韓, and handful of others of both Korean and Sinic origin
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Thanks. I always thought "한" in 한국 came from 대한 [Lit. "Han Empire", where Han may be some family surname / Dynasty of some sort]. Bad guess on my part.
You've got the point with 한 as a family surname / Dynasty so don't feel bad. Please note that the river is one of the borders between NK (북한) and SK (대한민국) so there could be more than one reason for giving the river its name.
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방송국 = Broadcasting station
출입-국 = immigration "division/bureau/department"
무-국 = radish "soup/broth"
미-국 = America (usually referring to the USA) => 국 stands for "country"
These are all homophones generated through transliterating Chinese words. Being a non-tonal language, Korean is unable to reproduce the various Chinese tones.
Thanks as always! Please note that UK China and Thai are also written with 국. (I hope I didn't forget anything)
it depends on the context (it could be soup as well) in 한국 for e.g. it's correct