재작년

Korean

Etymology

Sino-Korean word from 再昨年, from 再 (“further, again”) + 昨年 (“last year”)

Pronunciation

  • (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA(key): [ˈt͡ɕɛ(ː)d͡ʑa̠ŋɲʌ̹n] ~ [ˈt͡ɕe̞(ː)d͡ʑa̠ŋɲʌ̹n]
  • Phonetic hangul: [재(ː)장년/제(ː)장년]
    • Though still prescribed in Standard Korean, most speakers in both Koreas no longer distinguish vowel length.
Romanizations
Revised Romanization?jaejangnyeon
Revised Romanization (translit.)?jaejagnyeon
McCune–Reischauer?chaejangnyŏn
Yale Romanization?cāycaknyen

Noun

재작년 • (jaejangnyeon) (hanja 再昨年)

  1. the year before last, two years ago

See also

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