작년

Korean

Etymology

Sino-Korean word from 昨年, from 昨 (“yesterday”) + 年 (“year”)

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key)[t͡ɕa̠ŋɲjʌ̹n]
  • Phonetic Hangul[장년]
Revised Romanization? jangnyeon
Revised Romanization (translit.)? jagnyeon
McCune–Reischauer? changnyŏn
Yale Romanization? caknyen

Noun

작년 • (jangnyeon) (hanja 昨年)

  1. last year; the year before

Synonyms

Derived terms
  • 재작년 (再昨年, jaejangnyeon, “the year before last”)

See also
  • 금년 (今年, geumnyeon, “this year”)
  • 내년 (來年, naenyeon, “next year”)
  • 내후년 (來後年, naehunyeon, “the year after next”)
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