금욕

Korean

Derived verbs
Active 금욕하다

Etymology

    Sino-Korean word from 禁慾 (“abstinence, ascetic practice”).

    Pronunciation

    • (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA(key): [ˈkɯ(ː)mjok̚]
    • Phonetic hangul: [그(ː)묙]
      • Though still prescribed in Standard Korean, most speakers in both Koreas no longer distinguish vowel length.
    Romanizations
    Revised Romanization?geumyok
    Revised Romanization (translit.)?geum'yog
    McCune–Reischauer?kŭmyok
    Yale Romanization?kūm.yok

    Noun

    금욕 • (geumyok) (hanja 禁慾)

    1. abstinence, ascetic practice

    Derived terms

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