은근

Korean

Etymology

Sino-Korean word from 慇懃.

Pronunciation
Romanizations
Revised Romanization?eun'geun
Revised Romanization (translit.)?eungeun
McCune–Reischauer?ŭn'gŭn
Yale Romanization?unkun

Noun

은근 • (eun'geun) (hanja 慇懃)

  1. politeness, courtesy
  2. close friendship
  3. implicitness

Derived terms

Adverb

은근 • (eun'geun) (hanja 慇懃)

  1. (colloquial) quietly; implicitly
  2. (colloquial) quite (intensifier)
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