허무맹랑

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Korean

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Etymology

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Sino-Korean word from 虛無孟浪.

Pronunciation

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  • (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA(key): [hʌ̹mumɛŋna̠ŋ] ~ [hʌ̹mume̞ŋna̠ŋ]
  • Phonetic hangul: [/]
Romanizations
Revised Romanization?heomumaengnang
Revised Romanization (translit.)?heomumaenglang
McCune–Reischauer?hŏmumaengnang
Yale Romanization?hemumaynglang

Noun

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허무맹랑 (heomumaengnang) (hanja 虛無孟浪)

  1. Root of 허무맹랑하다 (heomumaengnanghada, to be ludicrous). Rarely used alone.