정보

Korean

Pronunciation

• (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [t͡ɕʌ̹ŋbo̞]
• Phonetic hangul: [정보]

Romanizations
Revised Romanization?	jeongbo
Revised Romanization (translit.)?	jeongbo
McCune–Reischauer?	chŏngbo
Yale Romanization?	cengpo

Etymology 1

Sino-Korean word from 情報, from 情 (“situation”) + 報 (“report, tell, announce”)

Noun

정보 • (jeongbo) (hanja 情報)

1. information

Derived terms

• 정보화 (情報化, jeongbohwa, “digitization”)

See also

• 지식 (知識, jisik, “knowledge”)
• 자료 (資料, jaryo, “data”)
• 안내 (案內, annae, “guidance”)

Etymology 2

Sino-Korean word from 町步, an orthographic borrowing from Japanese 町(ちょう)歩(ぶ) (chōbu).

Pronunciation

• (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [t͡ɕʌ̹ŋbo̞]
• Phonetic hangul: [정보]

Romanizations
Revised Romanization?	jeongbo
Revised Romanization (translit.)?	jeongbo
McCune–Reischauer?	chŏngbo
Yale Romanization?	cengpo

Noun

정보 • (jeongbo) (hanja 町步)

1. An area unit, approximately 9917.4 m².

Usage notes

Now chiefly used in North Korea, especially in agriculture, whereas in South Korea, the unit hectare (10000 m²) is more commonly seen. A 정보(町步) (jeongbo) equals 3000 평(坪) (pyeong), the latter still in common use in both Koreas.