용언

Korean

Etymology

Sino-Korean word from 用言, an orthographic borrowing from Japanese 用言 (yōgen).

Pronunciation

• (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [ˈjo(ː)ŋʌ̹n]
• Phonetic hangul: [용(ː)언]
  • Though still prescribed in Standard Korean, most speakers in both Koreas no longer distinguish vowel length.

Romanizations
Revised Romanization?	yong'eon
Revised Romanization (translit.)?	yong'eon
McCune–Reischauer?	yongŏn
Yale Romanization?	yōngen

Noun

용언 • (yong'eon) (hanja 用言)

1. (grammar) inflected/declinable word, verbal stem (in Korean or Japanese)

   Antonym: 체언(體言) (cheeon( 體言 ))

   Hyponyms: 동사(動詞) (dongsa( 動詞 ), “action verb”), 형용사(形容詞) (hyeong'yongsa( 形容詞 ), “stative verb/adjective”), 계사(繫辭) (gyesa( 繫辭 ), “copula stem”)

   Coordinate terms: 독립언(獨立言) (dongnibeon( 獨立言 )), 수식언(修飾言) (susigeon( 修飾言 ))

Antonyms

• 체용(體用) (cheyong( 體用 ), Substance and Function in East Asian philosophy)