컨셉

Korean

Etymology

From English concept.

Pronunciation

• (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [kʰʌ̹nsʰe̞p̚]
• Phonetic hangul: [컨셉]

Romanizations
Revised Romanization?	keonsep
Revised Romanization (translit.)?	keonseb
McCune–Reischauer?	k'ŏnsep
Yale Romanization?	khenseyp

Noun

컨셉 • (keonsep)

1. concept (general idea of a thing)

   Synonym: 개념(槪念) (gaenyeom)

2. (slang) an artificial identity, personality or mannerism that one adopts before other people

   오늘 무슨 컨셉이야? (e.g. of an outfit)

   Oneul museun keonseb-iya?

   What are you dressed as?

   걔 말투는 걍 컨셉이야.

   Gyae maltu-neun gyang keonseb-iya.

   His way of speaking is just being fake.

Derived terms

• 컨셉질 (keonsepjil)
• 컨셉충 (keonsepchung)