정원

Korean

Etymology 1

Sino-Korean word from 庭園.

Pronunciation

• (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [t͡ɕʌ̹ŋwʌ̹n]
• Phonetic hangul: [정원]

Romanizations
Revised Romanization?	jeong'won
Revised Romanization (translit.)?	jeong'won
McCune–Reischauer?	chŏngwŏn
Yale Romanization?	cengwen

Noun

정원 • (jeong'won) (hanja 庭園)

1. garden, vegetable garden, yard

Derived terms

• 정원등(庭園燈) (jeong'wondeung)
• 정원사(庭園師) (jeong'wonsa)
• 정원수(庭園手) (jeong'wonsu)
• 정원수(庭園樹) (jeong'wonsu)

 

Etymology 2

Sino-Korean word from 定員.

Pronunciation

• (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [ˈt͡ɕɘ(ː)ŋwʌ̹n]
• Phonetic hangul: [정(ː)원]
  • Though still prescribed in Standard Korean, most speakers in both Koreas no longer distinguish vowel length.

Romanizations
Revised Romanization?	jeong'won
Revised Romanization (translit.)?	jeong'won
McCune–Reischauer?	chŏngwŏn
Yale Romanization?	cēngwen

Noun

정원 • (jeong'won) (hanja 定員)

1. capacity (number of people allowed in an elevator, boat, building, etc.)
2. any fixed number or quota of people

Derived terms

• 정원제(定員制) (jeong'wonje)