Korean slang profile
호연지기족
hoyeonjigijok
Nighttime nature-goers escaping heat
People who visit mountains, riversides, or other natural places at night to escape oppressive summer heat.
- Expanded form
- Not documented
- Other spellings
- —
- Earliest source found
- 2009
- Documented trend period
- Not verified
This is the earliest source we have verified, not the date the term was coined.
01Examples, with English translations
- Example by Julimmal
더운 여름밤 강변에는 바람을 쐬러 나온 호연지기족이 많았다.
On the hot summer night, many 호연지기족 came to the riverside for a breeze.
02Documented history
- 2009The National Institute of Korean Language’s 『2008년 신어 자료집』 lists the spelling and meaning of “호연지기족” and gives contemporary media examples.[1]
03Origin & word formation
The meaning and usage context of “호연지기족” were checked in the National Institute of Korean Language’s 『2008년 신어 자료집』. This verifies the examples included in the collection, not the original creator or actual first use.
Evidence for the origin explanationMedium
The spelling and definition were compared in one official collection. The older article dates re-quoted there were not used as the earliest verified date; only 2009, the collection’s publication year, was used.
04Sources
Original titles and links are preserved. An English translation does not replace the original source.
- 2008년 신어 자료집 (국립국어원)Published 2009Original source checked Nov 14, 2026