작년

Korean

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

(SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [t͡ɕa̠ŋɲʌ̹n]
Phonetic hangul: [장년]

Romanizations
Revised Romanization^?	jangnyeon
Revised Romanization (translit.)^?	jagnyeon
McCune–Reischauer^?	changnyŏn
Yale Romanization^?	caknyen

Noun

작년 • (jangnyeon) (hanja 昨年)

last year; the year before
Synonyms: 지난해 (jinanhae), 거년 (geonyeon)

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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