약식

Korean

Pronunciation

• (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [ja̠kɕ͈ik̚]
• Phonetic hangul: [약씩]

Romanizations
Revised Romanization?	yaksik
Revised Romanization (translit.)?	yagsig
McCune–Reischauer?	yaksik
Yale Romanization?	yak.sik

Etymology 1

Sino-Korean word from 略 (“omit”) + 式 (“style”).

Noun

약식 • (yaksik) (hanja 略式)

1. informality; simplicity; casualness

   Antonym: 정식(正式) (jeongsik)

Etymology 2

Sino-Korean word from 藥 (“medicine”) + 食 (“food”).

Noun

약식 • (yaksik) (hanja 藥食)

1. yaksik (Sweet rice with nuts and jujubes, a Korean dish made by steaming glutinous rice mixed with honey, sugar, jujubes, soy sauce, sesame oil, chestnuts, pine nuts, etc.)

References

• 약식 in Korean-English Learners' Dictionary, National Institute of Korean Language, cc by-sa 2.0 kr.
• 약식 in Korean-English Learners' Dictionary, National Institute of Korean Language, cc by-sa 2.0 kr.