염탐

Korean

Etymology

Sino-Korean word from 廉 (“spy on”) + 探 (“search”).

Pronunciation

• (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [jʌ̹mtʰa̠m]
• Phonetic hangul: [염탐]

Romanizations
Revised Romanization?	yeomtam
Revised Romanization (translit.)?	yeomtam
McCune–Reischauer?	yŏmt'am
Yale Romanization?	yemtham

Noun

염탐 • (yeomtam) (hanja 廉探)

1. snooping, nosing around, spying on someone

Derived terms

• 염탐(廉探)하다 (yeomtamhada)