Standard/Seoul) IPA(key): [ko̞ŋjʌ̹nʝi] Phonetic hangul: [<span class="searchmatch">공연히</span>] <span class="searchmatch">공연히</span> • (gong'yeonhi) vainly, in vain, for nothing <span class="searchmatch">공연히</span> 애쓰다 ― gong'yeonhi aesseuda ― to struggle in vain...
Dialectal form of <span class="searchmatch">공연히</span> (gong'yeonhi, “in vain”). (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA(key): [kɛni] ~ [ke̞ni] Phonetic hangul: [개니/게니] 갠이 • (gaeni) (Gangwon, Gyeongsang...