뜨겁다
tteu-geop-da
Why applause and a blushing face share one word
The picture Heat surges up from inside, so the instant you touch it your hand snaps away. 뜨겁다 is heat surging so you pull away; 차갑다 is heat draining so your body shrinks in.
Where the picture shows up in 뜨겁다
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heat surging from food
국이 뜨거우니까 조심하세요.
gu-gi tteu-geo-u-ni-kka jo-sim-ha-se-yo
The soup is hot, so be careful.
Steam rises off the soup and the hand carrying the spoon to the mouth stops halfway
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heat surging from a body
아이 이마가 뜨거워요.
a-i i-ma-ga tteu-geo-wo-yo
The child's forehead is hot.
A palm laid on the child's forehead takes on heat that has risen far above its usual level
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heat surging from a crowd
손님들 반응이 뜨거웠어요.
son-nim-deul ba-neung-i tteu-geo-wo-sseo-yo
The customers' response was enthusiastic.
Everyone in the shop leans forward at once and raises their voice until the heat fills the room to the ceiling
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heat surging from palms
뜨거운 박수를 보내 주세요.
tteu-geo-un bak-su-reul bo-nae ju-se-yo
Please give them a warm round of applause.
Hundreds of palms clap without pause until the hands themselves go red with heat
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heat climbing into the face
제 실수 때문에 얼굴이 뜨거웠어요.
je sil-su ttae-mu-ne eol-gu-ri tteu-geo-wo-sseo-yo
My mistake left my face burning.
The moment every eye turns to you, heat shoots up from the neck to the ears
Here shame is drawn as heat.
All of it in one picture
뜨겁다 is one picture: heat surging from inside. Heat surges out of the soup and the spoon stops halfway; it surges out of a forehead and the child is ill. It surges out of a roomful of people and the response is 뜨겁다; out of their palms and the applause is 뜨겁다. Let that heat climb into your own face and you have shame.