Korean word

축약

Pronunciation

Romanizationchugyak

회사는 비용 축약을 위해 전략을 바꿨다.hoe sa neun pi yong chu gya geul wi hae cheol lya geul pa kkwot tta

The company changed its strategy to reduce costs.

공식 문서에서는 축약 표현을 피하는 편이 낫다.kong sik mun seo e seo neun chu gyak pyo hyeo neul pi ha neun pyeo ni nat tta

It is better to avoid shortened expressions in official documents.

Complex wording is trimmed down until a more compact form remains.

약어yageo: A shortened written form of a word or phrase.
줄임말churimmal: A short spoken form created by leaving out part of a longer expression.

말이나 글의 길거나 복잡한 표현을 줄여 간단히 만드는 것.ma ri na keu rui kil geo na pok jja pan pyo hyeo neul chu ryeo kan dan hi man deu neun keot

Its Sino-Korean elements combine the ideas of shrinking and making something compact, which makes the word easy to connect with shorter expressions.

This noun is useful when discussing how wording is edited, so it can describe changes to a whole expression rather than only a shortened label.