작년

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

• 지난해 (jinanhae)

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”)