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HANGUL SYLLABLE JEONG
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Hangul Syllables




쟤 ←→ 제

Jeju

Etymology

Sino-Korean word from .

Pronunciation

Romanizations
Revised Romanization?jeong
Revised Romanization (translit.)?jeong
Yale Romanization?ceng

Noun

(jeong)

  1. sutra

Korean

Pronunciation

Romanizations
Revised Romanization?jeong
Revised Romanization (translit.)?jeong
McCune–Reischauer?chŏng
Yale Romanization?ceng

Etymology 1

Sino-Korean word from (feeling, emotion).

Noun

(jeong) (hanja )

  1. attachment (to a person or an object), a feeling of connection, intimacy, rapport, warm feelings that provoke social reciprocity
    신발 버려야 되는데 들어서 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.
    싸우다 보니까 들더라.
    Myeot nyeon ssauda bonikka jeong deuldeora.
    After fighting with them for years, I got attached .
    없는 사람 질색이야.
    Jeong-i eomneun saram-eun jilsaegiya.
    I don't like people who you can't connect to.
    단골 손님한테 . 그게 이지, .
    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 (anchor).

Noun

(jeong) (hanja )

  1. anchor

Etymology 3

Sino-Korean word from (upright, correct), from the Middle Korean reading 져ᇰ (Yale: cyeng).

Adverb

(jeong) (hanja )

  1. really, very, desperately

Etymology 4

Korean Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia ko

Sino-Korean word from .

Proper noun

(Jeong) (hanja )

  1. a surname, commonly transliterated as Chung, Jung, or Jeong

Etymology 5

Sino-Korean word from

Noun

(jeong) (hanja )

  1. the fourth of the ten heavenly stems
Coordinate terms
one of ten heavenly stems

Etymology 6

Korean reading of various Chinese characters.

Syllable

(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.