유린

Korean

Etymology

Sino-Korean word from 蹂躪 (“trampling”).

Pronunciation

• (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [juɾin]
• Phonetic hangul: [유린]

Romanizations
Revised Romanization?	yurin
Revised Romanization (translit.)?	yulin
McCune–Reischauer?	yurin
Yale Romanization?	yulin

Noun

유린 • (yurin) (hanja 蹂躪/蹂躙/蹂蹸)

1. violation; flagrant violation; terrible violation (of human rights, etc.)

   Synonym: 침해(侵害) (chimhae)

   예멘에서 자행되는 인권 유린을 막아야 합니다.

   Yemen-eseo jahaengdoeneun in'gwon yurin-eul magaya hamnida.

   We must stop the human rights violations that are being committed in Yemen.

2. (figurative) violation, rape

   Synonym: 겁탈(劫奪) (geoptal)

3. (figurative, sex) wild, unrestrained touching or fondling

Derived terms

• 유린(蹂躪)되다 (yurindoeda)
• 유린(蹂躪)하다 (yurinhada)