정하다

Korean

Alternative forms

  • 뎡(定)ᄒᆞ다 (dyeonghada) – Early Modern

Etymology 1

From 정(定) (jeong, “designation”, Sino-Korean morpheme) +‎ 하다 (-hada, “to do”, light verb deriving active verbs).

Pronunciation

  • (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA(key): [ˈt͡ɕɘ(ː)ŋɦa̠da̠]
  • Phonetic hangul: [정(ː)하다]
    • Though still prescribed in Standard Korean, most speakers in both Koreas no longer distinguish vowel length.
Romanizations
Revised Romanization?jeonghada
Revised Romanization (translit.)?jeonghada
McCune–Reischauer?chŏnghada
Yale Romanization?cēnghata

Verb

정하다 • (jeonghada) (infinitive 정해 or 정하여, sequential 정하니, hanja 定하다) (transitive)

  1. to designate, to specify, to decide, to determine
    초대할 손님을 정하다
    Chodae-hal sonnim-eul jeong-hada
    determine the guests to be invited
  2. to define
    낭만기를 정한 것은 워즈워스였다.
    Nangman'gi-reul jeong-han geos-eun Wojeuwoseu-yeotda.
    It was Wordsworth who defined the Romantic Age.
Conjugation

Etymology 2

From 정(淨) (jeong, Sino-Korean morpheme) +‎ 하다 (-hada, “to do”, light verb deriving adjectives).

Pronunciation

  • (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA(key): [t͡ɕʌ̹ŋɦa̠da̠]
  • Phonetic hangul: [정하다]
Romanizations
Revised Romanization?jeonghada
Revised Romanization (translit.)?jeonghada
McCune–Reischauer?chŏnghada
Yale Romanization?cenghata

Adjective

정하다 • (jeonghada) (infinitive 정해 or 정하여, sequential 정하니)

  1. (to be) clear and clean
Conjugation

Etymology 3

From 정(正) (jeong, Sino-Korean morpheme) +‎ 하다 (-hada, “to do”, light verb deriving adjectives).

Pronunciation

  • (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA(key): [t͡ɕʌ̹ŋɦa̠da̠]
  • Phonetic hangul: [정하다]
Romanizations
Revised Romanization?jeonghada
Revised Romanization (translit.)?jeonghada
McCune–Reischauer?chŏnghada
Yale Romanization?cenghata

Adjective

정하다 • (jeonghada) (infinitive 정해 or 정하여, sequential 정하니)

  1. (to be) correct
Conjugation
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