정보

Korean

Etymology

Sino-Korean word from 情報, from 情 (“situation”) + 報 (“report, tell, announce”)

Pronunciation

• (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [t͡ɕʌ̹ŋbo̞]
• Phonetic hangul: [정보]

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

Noun

정보 • (jeongbo) (hanja 情報)

1. information

Derived terms

• 정보화 (情報化, jeongbohwa, “digitization”)

See also

• 지식 (知識, jisik, “knowledge”)
• 자료 (資料, jaryo, “data”)
• 안내 (案內, annae, “guidance”)