정면

Korean

Etymology

    Sino-Korean word from 正面 (“front, façade”)

    Pronunciation

    • (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA(key): [ˈt͡ɕɘ(ː)ŋmjʌ̹n]
    • Phonetic hangul: [정(ː)면]
      • Though still prescribed in Standard Korean, most speakers in both Koreas no longer distinguish vowel length.
    Romanizations
    Revised Romanization?jeongmyeon
    Revised Romanization (translit.)?jeongmyeon
    McCune–Reischauer?chŏngmyŏn
    Yale Romanization?cēngmyen

    Noun

    정면 • (jeongmyeon) (hanja 正面)

    1. front, façade
      바로 정면에
      baro jeongmyeon-e
      directly/right in front (of), straight ahead
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