정보

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Korean

Pronunciation

Romanizations
Revised Romanization?jeongbo
Revised Romanization (translit.)?jeongbo
McCune–Reischauer?chŏngbo
Yale Romanization?cengpo

Etymology 1

Sino-Korean word from 情報, from (situation) + (report, tell, announce)

Noun

정보 (jeongbo) (hanja 情報)

  1. information

Derived terms

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Etymology 2

Sino-Korean word from 町步, an orthographic borrowing from Japanese (ちょう)() (chōbu).

Pronunciation

Romanizations
Revised Romanization?jeongbo
Revised Romanization (translit.)?jeongbo
McCune–Reischauer?chŏngbo
Yale Romanization?cengpo

Noun

정보 (jeongbo) (hanja 町步)

  1. An area unit, approximately 9917.4 m².

Usage notes

Now chiefly used in North Korea, especially in agriculture, whereas in South Korea, the unit hectare (10000 m²) is more commonly seen. A 정보(町步) (jeongbo) equals 3000 평(坪) (pyeong), the latter still in common use in both Koreas.