정보

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

    See also

    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.