약식

Korean

Pronunciation

Romanizations
Revised Romanization?yaksik
Revised Romanization (translit.)?yagsig
McCune–Reischauer?yaksik
Yale Romanization?yak.sik

Etymology 1

Sino-Korean word from 略 (“omit”) + 式 (“style”).

Noun

약식 • (yaksik) (hanja 略式)

  1. informality; simplicity; casualness
    Antonym: 정식(正式) (jeongsik)

Etymology 2

Sino-Korean word from 藥 (“medicine”) + 食 (“food”).

Noun

약식 • (yaksik) (hanja 藥食)

  1. yaksik (Sweet rice with nuts and jujubes, a Korean dish made by steaming glutinous rice mixed with honey, sugar, jujubes, soy sauce, sesame oil, chestnuts, pine nuts, etc.)
    Synonym: 약밥(藥食) (yakbap)

References

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