정부

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Etymology

Sino-Korean word from 政府, from (politics) + (document repository; warehouse).

Pronunciation

Romanizations
Revised Romanization?jeongbu
Revised Romanization (translit.)?jeongbu
McCune–Reischauer?chŏngbu
Yale Romanization?cengpu

Noun

정부 (jeongbu) (hanja 政府)

  1. national government, particularly the executive branch
    이곳 정부 부패하였으니, 저희 이곳 탈출하여 떠날 입니다.
    igos-ui jeongbu-neun bupaehayeosseuni, jeohui-neun igos-eul talchulhayeo tteonal geot imnida.
    The Government here is corrupt, so we'll move to escape them.

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