건망증
Korean edit
Etymology edit
Sino-Korean word from 健忘症, from 健 (“strong”) + 忘 (“forgetfulness”) + 症 (“disease”), with compound/genitive tensing applied.
Pronunciation edit
- (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA(key): [ˈkɘ(ː)nma̠ŋt͡ɕ͈ɯŋ]
- Phonetic hangul: [건(ː)망쯩]
- Though still prescribed in Standard Korean, most speakers in both Koreas no longer distinguish vowel length.
| Romanizations | |
|---|---|
| Revised Romanization? | geonmangjeung |
| Revised Romanization (translit.)? | geonmangjeung |
| McCune–Reischauer? | kŏnmangchŭng |
| Yale Romanization? | kēnmangqcung |