약속

Korean

Etymology

Sino-Korean word from 約束, from (treaty, agreement, covenant) + (bind, control, restrain).

Pronunciation

Romanizations
Revised Romanization?yaksok
Revised Romanization (translit.)?yagsog
McCune–Reischauer?yaksok
Yale Romanization?yak.sok

Noun

약속 • (yaksok) (hanja 約束)

  1. promise
  2. appointment; engagement

Derived terms