정녕

Korean

Etymology

Sino-Korean word from 叮嚀.

Pronunciation

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

Adverb

정녕 • (jeongnyeong) (hanja 叮嚀)

  1. certainly, definitively, really, for sure
    Synonyms: 참으로 (chameuro), 정말로 (jeongmallo), 진짜 (jinjja)
    사랑은 정녕 무엇인가?
    sarang-eun jeongnyeong mueos-in'ga?
    What truly is love?
    정녕 내가 미쳤구나 생각했다.
    jeongnyeong nae-ga micheotguna saenggakhaetda.
    I thought that I had gone definitively insane.
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