금주

Korean

Etymology 1

Sino-Korean word from 今週.

Pronunciation

• (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [kɯmd͡ʑu]
• Phonetic hangul: [금주]

Romanizations
Revised Romanization?	geumju
Revised Romanization (translit.)?	geumju
McCune–Reischauer?	kŭmju
Yale Romanization?	kumcwu

Noun

금주 • (geumju) (hanja 今週)

1. this week

Etymology 2

Sino-Korean word from 禁酒.

Pronunciation

• (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [ˈkɯ(ː)md͡ʑu]
• Phonetic hangul: [금(ː)주]
  • Though still prescribed in Standard Korean, most speakers in both Koreas no longer distinguish vowel length.

Romanizations
Revised Romanization?	geumju
Revised Romanization (translit.)?	geumju
McCune–Reischauer?	kŭmju
Yale Romanization?	kūmcwu

Noun

Derived verbs

Active	금주하다

금주 • (geumju) (hanja 禁酒)

1. abstention from drinking
2. prohibition of alcohol

Derived terms

• 금주가(禁酒家) (geumjuga)
• 금주론(禁酒論) (geumjuron)
• 금주법(禁酒法) (geumjubeop)
• 금주회(禁酒會) (geumjuhoe)