장난

Korean

Nativisation of the Sino-Korean term 작란 (作亂, jangnan, “wreaking havoc”).

Romanizations
Revised Romanization^?	jangnan
Revised Romanization (translit.)^?	jangnan
McCune–Reischauer^?	changnan
Yale Romanization^?	cangnan

South Gyeongsang (Busan) pitch accent: 장난의 / 장난에 / 장난까지

Syllables in red take high pitch. This word always takes high pitch on both syllables, and lowers the pitch of subsequent suffixes.

장난 • (jangnan)

mischief, fun, practical joke
- 1917, Yi Kwang-su, 이광수(李光洙), 無(무)情(졍) (Mujong) [The Heartless]:
  인ᄉᆡᆼ 은 쟉난이 안이라고 나 ᄂᆞᆫ 인ᄉᆡᆼ 을 희롱 으로 본다고 그ᄅᆡᆺ지?
  Insaeng-eun jangnan-i anirago na-neun insaeng-eul huirong-euro bondago geuraetji?
  [You said] that life is not a joke and I view my life as a joke?

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