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Korean
Pronunciation
- (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA(key):
- Phonetic hangul:
- Though still prescribed in Standard Korean, most speakers in both Koreas no longer distinguish vowel length.
| Romanizations |
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| Revised Romanization? | ijung |
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| Revised Romanization (translit.)? | ijung |
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| McCune–Reischauer? | ijung |
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| Yale Romanization? | īcwung |
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Etymology 1
Sino-Korean word from 二重 (“duplicate; double”).
Noun
이중 • (ijung) (hanja 二重)
- being duplicate; being double; there being two (of something)
성벽을 이중으로 쌓았다.- Seongbyeog-eul ijung-euro ssaatda.
- He built the castle walls in two rows.
Derived terms
Etymology 2
Sino-Korean word from 二 (“two”) + 衆 (“crowd, group”).
Noun
이중 • (ijung) (hanja 二衆)
- (Buddhism) the sangha and the lay believers