정녕

Korean

Etymology

Sino-Korean word from 叮嚀.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(Seoul dialect, key): [t͡ɕʌ̹ŋɲjʌ̹ŋ]
  • Phonetic hangeul: [정녕]
Revised Romanization? jeongnyeong
Revised Romanization (translit.)? jeongnyeong
McCune–Reischauer? chŏngnyŏng
Yale Romanization? cengnyeng

Adverb

정녕 • (jeongnyeong) (hanja 叮嚀)

  1. certainly, definitively, really, for sure
    사랑은 정녕 무엇인가?
    Sarang-eun jeongnyeong mueodin-ga?
    What truly is love?
    정녕 내가 미쳤구나 생각했다.
    Jeongnyeong naega michyeotguna saenggakhaetda.
    I thought that I had gone definitively insane.
    Synonyms: 참으로 (chameuro), 정말로 (jeongmallo), 진짜 (jinjja)
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