금욕

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Korean

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Derived verbs
Active 금욕하다

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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  • (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA(key): [ˈkɯ(ː)mjok̚]
  • Phonetic hangul: [(ː)]
    • 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

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금욕 (geumyok) (hanja 禁慾)

  1. abstinence, ascetic practice

Derived terms

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