정녕

Korean

Etymology

Sino-Korean word from 叮嚀.

Pronunciation

(SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [t͡ɕʌ̹ŋɲʌ̹ŋ]
Phonetic hangul: [정녕]

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

Adverb

정녕 • (jeongnyeong) (hanja 叮嚀)

certainly, definitively, really, for sure
Synonyms: 참으로 (chameuro), 정말로 (jeongmallo), 진짜 (jinjja)

사랑 은 정녕 무엇 인가?
sarang-eun jeongnyeong mueos-in'ga?
What truly is love?

정녕 내 가 미쳤구나 생각했다.
jeongnyeong nae-ga micheotguna saenggakhaetda.
I thought that I had gone definitively insane.

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