동경

Korean

Etymology 1

Sino-Korean word from 憧憬 (“yearning”)

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key)[to̞ŋɡjʌ̹ŋ]
  • Phonetic Hangul[동경]
Revised Romanization? donggyeong
Revised Romanization (translit.)? donggyeong
McCune–Reischauer? tonggyŏng
Yale Romanization? tongkyeng

Noun

동경 • (donggyeong) (hanja 憧憬)

  1. yearning

Etymology 2

Sino-Korean word from 東京 (“Tokyo”)

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key)[to̞ŋɡjʌ̹ŋ]
  • Phonetic Hangul[동경]
Revised Romanization? Donggyeong
Revised Romanization (translit.)? Donggyeong
McCune–Reischauer? Tonggyŏng
Yale Romanization? Tongkyeng

Proper noun

동경 • (Donggyeong) (hanja 東京)

  1. Tokyo (the capital city of Japan)
Synonyms
  • 도쿄 (Dokyo)
  • (North Korea, Yanbian dialect) 도꾜 (dokkyo)
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