건망증

Korean

Etymology

Sino-Korean word from 健忘症, from 健 (“strong”) + 忘 (“forgetfulness”) + 症 (“disease”), with compound/genitive tensing applied.

Pronunciation

  • (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA(key): [ˈkɘ(ː)nma̠ŋt͡ɕ͈ɯŋ]
  • Phonetic hangul: [건(ː)망쯩]
    • Though still prescribed in Standard Korean, most speakers in both Koreas no longer distinguish vowel length.
Romanizations
Revised Romanization?geonmangjeung
Revised Romanization (translit.)?geonmangjeung
McCune–Reischauer?kŏnmangchŭng
Yale Romanization?kēnmangqcung

Noun

건망증 • (geonmangjeung) (hanja 健忘症)

  1. forgetfulness
  2. (psychology) amnesia
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