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Korean
Pronunciation
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| Revised Romanization? | jeyuk |
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| Revised Romanization (translit.)? | jeyug |
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| McCune–Reischauer? | cheyuk |
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| Yale Romanization? | ceyyuk |
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Etymology 1
First attested as Early Modern Korean 뎨육 (tyeyywuk) in the Baktongsa eonhae (朴通事諺解 / 박통사언해), 上:5a, 1677, ultimately from Middle Chinese 猪肉 (MC trjo nyuwk, literally “pig meat”). Equivalent to an umlauted form of 저육(猪肉) (jeoyuk).
Noun
제육 • (jeyuk) (hanja 제肉)
- pork
- Synonyms: 돼지고기 (dwaejigogi), 돈육(豚肉) (donyuk)
Derived terms
Etymology 2
Sino-Korean word from 祭肉.
Noun
제육 • (jeyuk) (hanja 祭肉)
- (food) meat used for rites