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