Korean slang profile
템플스테이
tempeulseutei
A stay experiencing temple life
A program or activity staying at a temple and experiencing temple life.
- Expanded form
- temple staytemple stay
- Other spellings
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- Earliest source found
- Dec 30, 2002
- 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
여행자는 템플스테이에서 보낸 하루를 기록했다.
The traveler recorded a day spent on a 템플스테이.
02Documented history
- 2002The 국립국어연구원’s 『2002년 신어』 introduced the spelling and meaning of “템플스테이”.[1]
03Origin & word formation
An English name combining temple with stay, meaning a period of lodging. This explanation was checked in the 국립국어연구원’s 『2002년 신어』. Who first used it and when have not been verified.
Evidence for the origin explanationMedium
The headword, definition, and components were directly compared. The original older articles re-quoted by the source were not separately opened; the date recorded is the publication date directly checked on the collection’s copyright page.
04Sources
Original titles and links are preserved. An English translation does not replace the original source.
- 2002년 신어 — 2002년 신어, 61쪽 (국립국어연구원)Published Dec 30, 2002Original source checked Nov 14, 2026