은근

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Korean[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Sino-Korean word from 慇懃.

Pronunciation[edit]

Romanizations
Revised Romanization?eun'geun
Revised Romanization (translit.)?eungeun
McCune–Reischauer?ŭn'gŭn
Yale Romanization?unkun

Noun[edit]

은근 (eun'geun) (hanja 慇懃)

  1. politeness, courtesy
  2. close friendship
  3. implicitness

Derived terms[edit]

Adverb[edit]

은근 (eun'geun) (hanja 慇懃)

  1. (colloquial) quietly; implicitly
  2. (colloquial) quite (intensifier)