정녕

Korean

Etymology

    Sino-Korean word from 叮嚀.

    Pronunciation

    Romanizations
    Revised Romanization?jeongnyeong
    Revised Romanization (translit.)?jeongnyeong
    McCune–Reischauer?chŏngnyŏng
    Yale Romanization?cengnyeng

    Adverb

    정녕 • (jeongnyeong) (hanja 叮嚀)

    1. certainly, definitively, really, for sure
      Synonyms: 참으로 (chameuro), 정말로 (jeongmallo), 진짜 (jinjja)
      사랑은 정녕 무엇인가?
      saran-g'eun jeongnyeong mueos-in'ga?
      What truly is love?
      정녕 내가 미쳤구나 생각했다.
      Jeongnyeong nae-ga micheotguna saenggakhaetda.
      I thought that I had gone definitively insane.
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