Korean

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Etymology

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Sino-Korean word from 評傳 (critical biography).

Pronunciation

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  • (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA(key): [ˈpʰjɘ(ː)ŋd͡ʑʌ̹n]
  • Phonetic hangul: [(ː)]
    • Though still prescribed in Standard Korean, most speakers in both Koreas no longer distinguish vowel length.
Romanizations
Revised Romanization?pyeongjeon
Revised Romanization (translit.)?pyeongjeon
McCune–Reischauer?p'yŏngjŏn
Yale Romanization?phyēngcen

Noun

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평전 (pyeongjeon) (hanja 評傳)

  1. critical biography
    전태일 평전jeontaeil pyeongjeonA critical biography of Jeon Tae-il