끽연

끽연

Korean

Etymology

Sino-Korean word from 喫煙, from 喫 (“breathe, inhale, suck in”) + 煙 (“smoke”)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key)[k͈iɡjʌ̹n]
• Phonetic Hangul[끼견]

Revised Romanization? kkigyeon Revised Romanization (translit.)? kkig-yeon McCune–Reischauer? kkigyŏn Yale Romanization? kkik.yen

Noun

끽연 • (kkigyeon) (hanja 喫煙)

1. (dated) smoking

Synonyms

• 흡연 (吸煙, heubyeon, “smoking”)

Antonyms

• 금연 (禁煙, geumyeon, “smoking ban”)

Derived terms

• 금끽연 (禁喫煙, geumkkigyeon)
• 끽연실 (喫煙室, kkigyeonsil, “smoking room”)
• 끽연하다 (喫煙—, kkigyeonhada, “to smoke”)