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
• 견유학파 (犬儒學派, gyeonyuhakpa): cynic school

Related terms

• 긔 (gui): (obsolete; informal spelling) dog
• 가히 (gahi): (obsolete) dog
• 개 (gae): dog
• 견 (犬, gyeon): dog
• 구 (狗, gu): dog
• 순 (順, sun): mild, docile
• 유 (儒, yu): scholar