금욕

Korean

Derived verbs

Active	금욕하다

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

금욕 • (geumyok) (hanja 禁慾)

1. abstinence, ascetic practice

Derived terms

• 금욕주의 (禁慾主義, geumyokjuui, “asceticism”)