정당

Korean

Etymology 1

Sino-Korean word from 政黨, from 政 (“government affairs”) + 黨 (“group”), an orthographic borrowing from Japanese 政党(せいとう) (seitō).

Pronunciation

• (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [t͡ɕʌ̹ŋda̠ŋ]
• Phonetic hangul: [정당]

Romanizations
Revised Romanization?	jeongdang
Revised Romanization (translit.)?	jeongdang
McCune–Reischauer?	chŏngdang
Yale Romanization?	cengtang

Noun

정당 • (jeongdang) (hanja 政黨)

1. political party

   Synonym: 당(黨) (dang)

Etymology 2

Sino-Korean word from 正當, from 正 (“to be right, true”) + 當 (“to be reasonable; to encounter, match”).

Pronunciation

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

Romanizations
Revised Romanization?	jeongdang
Revised Romanization (translit.)?	jeongdang
McCune–Reischauer?	chŏngdang
Yale Romanization?	cēngtang

Noun

정당 • (jeongdang) (hanja 正當)

1. rightfulness; justness; legitimacy

Derived terms

• 정당하다 (正當—, jeongdanghada, “to be right, just, legitimate, lawful, proper”)

Etymology 3

Sino-Korean word from 正 (“to be right, true”) + 堂 (“house”).

Pronunciation

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

Romanizations
Revised Romanization?	jeongdang
Revised Romanization (translit.)?	jeongdang
McCune–Reischauer?	chŏngdang
Yale Romanization?	cēngtang

Noun

정당 • (jeongdang) (hanja 正堂)

1. main building