단념

Korean

Etymology

Sino-Korean word from 斷念 (“giving up (a goal), abandonment, resignation”)

Pronunciation

• (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [ˈta̠(ː)nɲʌ̹m]
• Phonetic hangul: [단(ː)념]
  • Though still prescribed in Standard Korean, most speakers in both Koreas no longer distinguish vowel length.

Romanizations
Revised Romanization?	dannyeom
Revised Romanization (translit.)?	dannyeom
McCune–Reischauer?	tannyŏm
Yale Romanization?	tānnyem

Noun

단념 • (dannyeom) (hanja 斷念)

1. giving up (a goal), abandonment, resignation

Derived terms

• 단념하다 (斷念하다, dannyeomhada, “to give up (a goal), to abandon, to resign”)