체면

Korean

Etymology

Sino-Korean word from 體面.

Pronunciation

Romanizations
Revised Romanization?chemyeon
Revised Romanization (translit.)?chemyeon
McCune–Reischauer?ch'emyŏn
Yale Romanization?cheymyen

Noun

체면 • (chemyeon) (hanja 體面)

  1. face, dignity (in the sense of reputation)
    Synonym: 면목(面目) (myeonmok)
    내 체면이 살려면 너가 사과한 척 해줘야 돼.
    Nae chemyeon-i sallyeomyeon neo-ga sagwahan cheok haejwoya dwae.
    You need to pretend you apologized so that I can save face.
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