염치

Korean

Etymology

Sino-Korean word from 廉恥.

Pronunciation
Romanizations
Revised Romanization?yeomchi
Revised Romanization (translit.)?yeomchi
McCune–Reischauer?yŏmch'i
Yale Romanization?yemchi

Noun

염치 • (yeomchi) (hanja 廉恥)

  1. a sense of honour, a sense of shame

Derived terms
  • 몰염치 (沒廉恥, moryeomchi, “shamelessness”)
  • 염치없다 (廉恥‒, yeomchieopda, “to be without honour, to act shamelessly”)
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