채무
Korean
Etymology
Sino-Korean word from 債務.
Pronunciation
- (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA(key): [ˈt͡ɕʰɛ(ː)mu] ~ [ˈt͡ɕʰe̞(ː)mu]
- Phonetic hangul: [채(ː)무/체(ː)무]
- Though still prescriptive in Standard Korean, most speakers in both Koreas no longer distinguish vowel length.
| Romanizations | |
|---|---|
| Revised Romanization? | chaemu |
| Revised Romanization (translit.)? | chaemu |
| McCune–Reischauer? | ch'aemu |
| Yale Romanization? | chāymu |
Noun
채무 • (chaemu) (hanja 債務)
- (chiefly law) debt; liabilities
- Synonym: 빚 (bit)
- Antonym: 채권(債權) (chaegwon, “credit”)
- 채무를 상환하다 ― chaemu-reul sanghwan-hada ― to pay off a debt
- 1939, 김남천／金南天 [Kim Namcheon], 대하／大河 [The Great River]:
- 박순일이의 아들이 아직 연소하여, 제 아비 순일이처럼 양순하고 보면, 별반 채무 독촉도 안 하리라고 태평하게 생각했던 것이 […]
- Bak Sun-ir-i-ui adeur-i ajik yeonso-hayeo, je abi Sunir-i-cheoreom yangsun-hago bomyeon, byeolban chaemu dokchok-do an hari-rago taepyeong-hage saenggak-haet-deon geos-i […]
- It was naïve to assume that Park Sun-il's son, still being fairly young, would be as gentle a person as his father so as not to press [people who] owe him money.
Derived terms
- 공채무(公債務) (gongchaemu)
- 금전채무(金錢債務) (geumjeonchaemu)
- 보증채무(保證債務) (bojeungchaemu)
- 부외채무(簿外債務) (buoechaemu)
- 사채무(私債務) (sachaemu)
- 채무불이행(債務不履行) (chaemuburihaeng)
- 채무자(債務者) (chaemuja)
See also
- 물권(物權) (mulgwon)