염치

Korean

Etymology

Sino-Korean word from 廉恥.

Pronunciation

• (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [jʌ̹mt͡ɕʰi]
• Phonetic hangul: [염치]

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”)