염치

Korean

Etymology

    Sino-Korean word from 廉恥.

    Pronunciation

    Romanizations
    Revised Romanization?yeomchi
    Revised Romanization (translit.)?yeomchi
    McCune–Reischauer?yŏmch'i
    Yale Romanization?yemchi

    Noun

    South Korean
    Standard Language         		염치(廉恥) (yeomchi)
    North Korean
    Standard Language         		렴치(廉恥) (ryeomchi)

    염치 • (yeomchi) (hanja 廉恥)

    1. a sense of honour, a sense of shame

    Derived terms

    • 몰염치 (沒廉恥, moryeomchi, “shamelessness”)
    • 염치없다 (廉恥‒, yeomchieopda, “to be without honour, to act shamelessly”)
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