체용

Korean

Pronunciation

Romanizations
Revised Romanization?cheyong
Revised Romanization (translit.)?cheyong
McCune–Reischauer?ch'eyong
Yale Romanization?cheyyong

Etymology 1

    Sino-Korean word from 體用, from 體 (“body; essence”) + 用 (“application, use”).

    Noun

    체용 • (cheyong) (hanja 體用)

    1. (East Asian philosophy) Substance and Function: the underlying invariable essence of the cosmos, and its variable functions that form observable reality
    • 체언(體言) (cheeon, “nouns and similar words with limited inflection (grammar)”)
    • 용언(用言) (yong'eon, “verbs and similar words with significant inflection (grammar)”)

    Etymology 2

      Sino-Korean word from 體容, from 體 (“body”) + 容 (“appearance”).

      Noun

      체용 • (cheyong) (hanja 體容)

      1. (archaic) appearance of one's body
        • 1961, “1 Kings 1:6”, in 개역한글성경 [gaeyeokhan'geulseonggyeong, The Bible, Korean Revised Version]:
          체용이 심히 준수한 자라.
          Cheyong'i simhi junsuhan jara.
          He was a man whose appearance was most handsome.
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