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Jeju
Etymology
Sino-Korean word from 經.
Pronunciation
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Revised Romanization? | jeong |
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Revised Romanization (translit.)? | jeong |
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Yale Romanization? | ceng |
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Noun
정 (jeong)
- sutra
Korean
Pronunciation
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Revised Romanization? | jeong |
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Revised Romanization (translit.)? | jeong |
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McCune–Reischauer? | chŏng |
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Yale Romanization? | ceng |
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Etymology 1
Sino-Korean word from 情 (“feeling, emotion”).
Noun
정 • (jeong) (hanja 情)
- attachment (to a person or an object), a feeling of connection, intimacy, rapport, warm feelings that provoke social reciprocity
이 신발 버려야 되는데 정 들어서 못 버리겠어.- I sinbal beoryeoya doeneunde jeong deureoseo mot beorigesseo.
- I need to throw these shoes away, but I can't because I'm attached to them.
몇 년 싸우다 보니까 정 들더라.- Myeot nyeon ssauda bonikka jeong deuldeora.
- After fighting with them for years, I got attached .
정이 없는 사람은 질색이야.- Jeong-i eomneun saram-eun jilsaegiya.
- I don't like people who you can't connect to.
이 집은 단골 손님한테 더 줘. 그게 정이지, 뭐.- I jib-eun dan'gol sonnim-hante deo jwo. Geuge jeong'iji, mwo.
- This restaurant gives more to regulars. That's what rapport is, I guess.
Etymology 2
Sino-Korean word from 碇 (“anchor”).
Noun
정 • (jeong) (hanja 碇)
- anchor
Etymology 3
Sino-Korean word from 正 (“upright, correct”), from the Middle Korean reading 져ᇰ (Yale: cyeng).
Adverb
정 • (jeong) (hanja 正)
- really, very, desperately
Etymology 4
Sino-Korean word from 鄭.
Proper noun
정 • (Jeong) (hanja 鄭)
- a surname, commonly transliterated as Chung, Jung, or Jeong
Etymology 5
Sino-Korean word from 丁
Noun
정 • (jeong) (hanja 丁)
- the fourth of the ten heavenly stems
- a surname, commonly transliterated as Chung, Jung, or Jeong
Coordinate terms
Etymology 6
Korean reading of various Chinese characters.
Syllable
정 • (jeong)
References
- Supreme Court of the Republic of Korea (대한민국 대법원, Daehanmin'guk Daebeobwon) (2018). Table of hanja for personal names (인명용 한자표 / 人名用漢字表, Inmyeong-yong hanja-pyo), page 37.
- 국제퇴계학회 대구경북지부 (國際退溪學會 大邱慶北支部) (2007). Digital Hanja Dictionary, 전자사전/電子字典.