동경

Korean

Etymology 1

Sino-Korean word from 憧憬 (“yearning”)

Pronunciation

• (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [to̞ŋɡjʌ̹ŋ]
• Phonetic hangul: [동경]

Romanizations
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

• (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [to̞ŋɡjʌ̹ŋ]
• Phonetic hangul: [동경]

Romanizations
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)