정보

Korean

Pronunciation

Romanizations
Revised Romanization?jeongbo
Revised Romanization (translit.)?jeongbo
McCune–Reischauer?chŏngbo
Yale Romanization?cengpo

Etymology 1

Sino-Korean word from 情報, from (situation) + (report, tell, announce)

Noun

정보 • (jeongbo) (hanja 情報)

  1. information

Derived terms

See also

Etymology 2

Sino-Korean word from 町步, an orthographic borrowing from Japanese (ちょう)() (chōbu).

Pronunciation

Romanizations
Revised Romanization?jeongbo
Revised Romanization (translit.)?jeongbo
McCune–Reischauer?chŏngbo
Yale Romanization?cengpo

Noun

정보 • (jeongbo) (hanja 町步)

  1. An area unit, approximately 9917.4 m².

Usage notes

Now chiefly used in North Korea, especially in agriculture, whereas in South Korea, the unit hectare (10000 m²) is more commonly seen. A 정보(町步) (jeongbo) equals 3000 평(坪) (pyeong), the latter still in common use in both Koreas.