체용

Korean

Pronunciation

• (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [t͡ɕʰe̞joŋ]
• Phonetic hangul: [체용]

Romanizations
Revised Romanization?	cheyong
Revised Romanization (translit.)?	cheyong
McCune–Reischauer?	ch'eyong
Yale Romanization?	cheyyong

• Homophone: 채용 (chaeyong)

Etymology 1

Sino-Korean word from 體用, from 體 (“body; essence”) + 用 (“application, use”).

Noun

체용 • (cheyong) (hanja 體用)

1. (East Asian philosophy) Substance and Function: the underlying invariable essence of the cosmos, and its variable functions that form observable reality

Related terms

• 체언(體言) (cheeon, “nouns and similar words with limited inflection (grammar)”)
• 용언(用言) (yong'eon, “verbs and similar words with significant inflection (grammar)”)

Etymology 2

Sino-Korean word from 體容, from 體 (“body”) + 容 (“appearance”).

Noun

체용 • (cheyong) (hanja 體容)

1. (archaic) appearance of one's body
   • 1961, “1 Kings 1:6”, in 개역한글성경 [gaeyeokhan'geulseonggyeong, The Bible, Korean Revised Version]:

     체용이 심히 준수한 자라.

     Cheyong'i simhi junsuhan jara.

     He was a man whose appearance was most handsome.