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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