견유

Korean

Etymology

Sino-Korean word from 犬儒, from 犬 (“dog”) + 儒 (“Confucian scholar”).

Pronunciation

• (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [kjʌ̹ɲu]
• Phonetic hangul: [겨뉴]

Romanizations
Revised Romanization?	gyeonyu
Revised Romanization (translit.)?	gyeon'yu
McCune–Reischauer?	kyŏnyu
Yale Romanization?	kyen.yu

Noun

견유 • (gyeonyu) (hanja 犬儒)

1. cynic

Derived terms

• 견유주의(犬儒主義) (gyeonyujuui, “cynicism”)