전

전 U+C804, 전 HANGUL SYLLABLE JEON Composition: ㅈ + ㅓ + ㄴ ← 젃 [U+C803] Hangul Syllables 젅 → [U+C805]

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쟤 ←	→ 제

Korean

Etymology 1

Sino-Korean word from 前, from the Middle Korean reading 젼 (Yale: cyen).

Pronunciation

• (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [t͡ɕʌ̹n]
• Phonetic hangul: [전]

Romanizations
Revised Romanization?	jeon
Revised Romanization (translit.)?	jeon
McCune–Reischauer?	chŏn
Yale Romanization?	cen

• South Gyeongsang (Busan) pitch accent: 전의 / 전에 / 전까지

  Syllables in red take high pitch. This word takes low pitch only before consonant-initial multisyllabic suffixes.

Noun

전 • (jeon) (hanja 前)

1. (time) before

   집에 가기 전에 ― jib-e gagi jeone ― before going home

   두시 15분 전에 ― dusi sibobun jeone ― at a quarter to two (literally, “at 15 minutes before two o'clock”)

   전에는 그를 봤었다. 그러나 그 이후로는 그를 보지 않았다.

   Jeon-eneun geu-reul bwasseotda. Geureona geu ihu-ro-neun geu-reul boji anatda.

   I had seen him previously, but hadn't seen him since.

   전에 보안관 배지는 본 적이 없습니다. ― Jeon-e boan'gwan baeji-neun bon jeog-i eopseumnida. ― I’ve never seen a Marshal’s badge before.

Derived terms

• See the hanja entry at 前 for Sino-Korean compounds of 전 (前, jeon).

Determiner

전 • (jeon) (hanja 前)

1. ex-; previous

   전 대통령 ― jeon daetongnyeong ― ex-president

Etymology 2

Sino-Korean word from 煎, from the Middle Korean reading 젼 (Yale: cyen).

Pronunciation

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

Romanizations
Revised Romanization?	jeon
Revised Romanization (translit.)?	jeon
McCune–Reischauer?	chŏn
Yale Romanization?	cēn

• South Gyeongsang (Busan) pitch accent: 전의 / 전에 / 전까지

  Syllables in red take high pitch. This word always takes low pitch, and heightens the pitch of two subsequent suffixed syllables.

Noun

전 • (jeon) (hanja 煎)

1. jeon, a fried, filled pancake-like food eaten in Korea

Derived terms

• See the hanja entry at 煎 for Sino-Korean compounds of 전 (煎, jeon).

Etymology 3

Sino-Korean word from 田, from the Middle Korean reading 뎐 (Yale: tyen).

Pronunciation

• (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [t͡ɕʌ̹n]
• Phonetic hangul: [전]

Romanizations
Revised Romanization?	jeon
Revised Romanization (translit.)?	jeon
McCune–Reischauer?	chŏn
Yale Romanization?	cen

Proper noun

전 • (Jeon) (hanja 田)

1. a surname, commonly transliterated as Jeon, Jun and Chun

Noun

전 • (jeon) (hanja 田)

1. (rare) a cultivated patch of land

   Synonym: 밭 (bat)

Derived terms

• See the hanja entry at 田 for Sino-Korean compounds of 전 (田, jeon).

Etymology 4

Sino-Korean word from 全, from the Middle Korean reading 젼 (Yale: cyen).

Pronunciation

• (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [t͡ɕʌ̹n]
• Phonetic hangul: [전]

Romanizations
Revised Romanization?	jeon
Revised Romanization (translit.)?	jeon
McCune–Reischauer?	chŏn
Yale Romanization?	cen

Proper noun

전 • (Jeon) (hanja 全)

1. a surname, commonly transliterated as Jeon, Jun and Chun

Determiner

전 • (jeon) (hanja 全)

1. whole; entire

   전 국민 ― jeon gungmin ― the whole nation

   전 세계 ― jeon segye ― the whole world

Derived terms

• See the hanja entry at 全 for Sino-Korean compounds of 전 (全, jeon).

Etymology 5

Sino-Korean word from 錢, from the Middle Korean reading 젼 (Yale: cyen).

Pronunciation

• (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [t͡ɕʌ̹n]
• Phonetic hangul: [전]

Romanizations
Revised Romanization?	jeon
Revised Romanization (translit.)?	jeon
McCune–Reischauer?	chŏn
Yale Romanization?	cen

Proper noun

전 • (Jeon) (hanja 錢)

1. a surname, commonly transliterated as Jeon, Jun and Chun

Noun

전 • (jeon) (hanja 錢)

1. a monetary unit of North Korea and formerly of South Korea, equal to one hundredth of a won.
2. (dated, diasporic, US) cent (a unit of currency)

Usage notes

While its use as the meaning of 'cent' is generally restricted to older speakers of Korean, in older diasporic communities in the west it is often still the predominant way of representing cents in terms of currency regardless of age. The same occurs, though to a lesser extent with the words 달러 (dalleo) and 불 (bul), with the latter often being the exclusive way of saying 'dollar' among Korean diasporic communities in the west while in Korea both are used.

Derived terms

• See the hanja entry at 錢 for Sino-Korean compounds of 전 (錢, jeon).

Etymology 6

Pronoun

전 • (jeon)

1. contraction of 저는 (jeoneun, “I (as the topic of the sentence); as for me”)

Etymology 7

Verb

전 • (jeon)

1. Past determiner of 절다 (jeolda, “to become salted”).