체언

Korean

Etymology

    Sino-Korean word from 體言

    Pronunciation

    Romanizations
    Revised Romanization?cheeon
    Revised Romanization (translit.)?cheeon
    McCune–Reischauer?ch'eŏn
    Yale Romanization?chey.en

    Noun

    체언 • (cheeon) (hanja 體言)

    1. (grammar) uninflected/indeclinable word, indeclinable nominal (in Korean or Japanese)
      Antonym: 용언(用言)
      Coordinate terms: 독립언(獨立言), 수식언(修飾言)
      명사, 대명사, 수사는 체언에 속한다.
      Myeongsa, daemyeongsa, susa-neun cheeon-e sokhanda.
      Nouns, pronouns, and numerals are classified as cheeon.