정당

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Korean

Etymology 1

Sino-Korean word from 政黨, from 政 (“government affairs”) + 黨 (“group”), an orthographic borrowing from Japanese 政党(せいとう) (seitō).

Pronunciation

Romanizations
Revised Romanization?jeongdang
Revised Romanization (translit.)?jeongdang
McCune–Reischauer?chŏngdang
Yale Romanization?cengtang

Noun

정당 • (jeongdang) (hanja 政黨)

  1. political party
    Synonym: 당(黨) (dang)

Etymology 2

Sino-Korean word from 正當, from 正 (“to be right, true”) + 當 (“to be reasonable; to encounter, match”).

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
Revised Romanization?jeongdang
Revised Romanization (translit.)?jeongdang
McCune–Reischauer?chŏngdang
Yale Romanization?cēngtang

Noun

정당 • (jeongdang) (hanja 正當)

  1. rightfulness; justness; legitimacy
Derived terms

Etymology 3

Sino-Korean word from 正 (“to be right, true”) + 堂 (“house”).

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
Revised Romanization?jeongdang
Revised Romanization (translit.)?jeongdang
McCune–Reischauer?chŏngdang
Yale Romanization?cēngtang

Noun

정당 • (jeongdang) (hanja 正堂)

  1. main building
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