약속

Korean

Etymology

Sino-Korean word from 約束, from 約 (“treaty, agreement, covenant”) + 束 (“bind, control, restrain”)

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key)[ja̠ks͈o̞k̚]
  • Phonetic Hangul[약쏙]
Revised Romanization? yaksok
Revised Romanization (translit.)? yagsog
McCune–Reischauer? yaksok
Yale Romanization? yakqsok

Noun

약속 • (yaksok) (hanja 約束)

  1. promise
  2. appointment, engagement

Derived terms
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