Korean

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Etymology

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정확(正確) (jeonghwak) +‎ 하다 (-hada, to do, light verb deriving adjectives).

Pronunciation

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  • (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA(key): [ˈt͡ɕɘ(ː)ŋβwa̠kʰa̠da̠]
  • Phonetic hangul: [(ː)]
    • Though still prescribed in Standard Korean, most speakers in both Koreas no longer distinguish vowel length.
Romanizations
Revised Romanization?jeonghwakhada
Revised Romanization (translit.)?jeonghwaghada
McCune–Reischauer?chŏnghwakhada
Yale Romanization?cēnghwak.hata

Adjective

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정확하다 (jeonghwakhada) (infinitive 정확해 or 정확하여, sequential 정확하니, hanja 正確하다)

  1. to be accurate, to be exact
    정확하게 맞췄다.Geu-neun dab-eul jeonghwakhage matchwotda.He got the answer exactly right.

Conjugation

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