Korean

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Etymology

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Sino-Korean word from 轉移.

Pronunciation

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  • (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA(key): [ˈt͡ɕɘ(ː)ni]
  • Phonetic hangul: [(ː)]
    • Though still prescribed in Standard Korean, most speakers in both Koreas no longer distinguish vowel length.
Romanizations
Revised Romanization?jeoni
Revised Romanization (translit.)?jeon'i
McCune–Reischauer?chŏni
Yale Romanization?cēn.i

Noun

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전이 (jeoni) (hanja 轉移)

  1. transition
  2. (medicine) metastasis
    단백질폐암세포 증식 전이 조절 기전
    i danbaekjir-ui pyeamsepo jeungsik mit jeoni jojeol gijeon
    the regulatory mechanism of this protein on the proliferation and metastasis of lung cancer cells