Korean slang profile
차도녀
chadonyeo
A woman with a cool, urban impression.
A woman with a cool, urban impression.
- Expanded form
- 차가운 도시 여성차가운 도시 여성 (a cold urban woman)
- Other spellings
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- Earliest source found
- Nov 9, 2010
- Documented trend period
- Not verified
This is the earliest source we have verified, not the date the term was coined.
01Examples, with English translations
- Example by Julimmal
그 배우는 이번 작품에서 차도녀 역할을 맡았어.
The actor plays a 차도녀 in this production.
02Documented history
- November 9, 2010The National Institute of Korean Language’s “2010년 신어 자료집” included the expression and its definition in the new-word section.[1]
03Origin & word formation
The National Institute of Korean Language’s “2010년 신어 자료집” directly defines the expression in its new-word section. It gives its components as “차가운 도시 여성”. Who first used it and when have not been verified.
Evidence for the origin explanationMedium
The entry and definition in one collection were directly checked. The older articles cited in the collection were not separately checked, so their dates were not used as the earliest verified date.
04Sources
Original titles and links are preserved. An English translation does not replace the original source.
- 2010년 신어 자료집 — PDF 56쪽 (국립국어원)Published Nov 9, 2010Original source checked Nov 14, 2026