전

Pronunciation

• (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [t͡ɕʌ̹n]
• Phonetic hangul: [전]

• South Gyeongsang (Busan) pitch accent: 전의 / 전에 / 전까지

  Syllables in red take high pitch. This word takes low pitch only before consonant-initial multisyllabic suffixes.

Noun

전 • (jeon) (hanja 前)

1. (time) before

   집에 가기 전에

   jib-e gagi jeone

   before going home

   두시 15분 전에

   dusi sibobun jeone

   at a quarter to two (literally, "at 15 minutes before two o'clock")

   전에는 그를 봤었다. 그러나 그 이후로는 그를 보지 않았다.

   Jeon-eneun geu-reul bwasseotda. Geureona geu ihu-ro-neun geu-reul boji anatda.

   I had seen him previously, but hadn't seen him since.

   전에 보안관 뱃지는 본 적이 없습니다. ― Jeone boan'gwan baetjineun bon jeogi eopseumnida. ― I’ve never seen a Marshal’s badge before.

Determiner

전 • (jeon) (hanja 前)

1. ex-; previous

   전 대통령

   jeon daetongnyeong

   ex-president

Pronunciation

• (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [t͡ɕɘ(ː)n]
• Phonetic hangul: [전(ː)]
  • Though still prescribed in Standard Korean, most speakers in both Koreas no longer distinguish vowel length.

• South Gyeongsang (Busan) pitch accent: 전의 / 전에 / 전까지

  Syllables in red take high pitch. This word always takes low pitch, and heightens the pitch of two subsequent suffixed syllables.

Noun

전 • (jeon) (hanja 煎)

1. jeon, a fried, filled pancake-like food eaten in Korea

Pronunciation

• (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [t͡ɕʌ̹n]
• Phonetic hangul: [전]

Proper noun

전 • (Jeon) (hanja 田)

1. a surname, commonly transliterated as Jeon, Jun and Chun

Noun

전 • (jeon) (hanja 田)

1. (rare) a cultivated patch of land

   Synonym: 밭 (bat)

Pronunciation

• (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [t͡ɕʌ̹n]
• Phonetic hangul: [전]

Proper noun

전 • (Jeon) (hanja 全)

1. a surname, commonly transliterated as Jeon, Jun and Chun

Determiner

전 • (jeon) (hanja 全)

1. whole; entire

   전 국민 ― jeon gungmin ― the whole nation

   전 세계 ― jeon segye ― the whole world

Derived terms

• See the hanja entry at 全 for Sino-Korean compounds of 전 (全, jeon).

Pronunciation

• (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [t͡ɕʌ̹n]
• Phonetic hangul: [전]

Proper noun

전 • (Jeon) (hanja 錢)

1. a surname, commonly transliterated as Jeon, Jun and Chun

Noun

전 • (jeon) (hanja 錢)

1. a monetary unit of North Korea and formerly of South Korea, equal to one hundredth of a won.
2. (dated, diasporic, US) cent (a unit of currency)

Usage notes

While its use as the meaning of 'cent' is generally restricted to older speakers of Korean, in older diasporic communities in the west it is often still the predominant way of representing cents in terms of currency regardless of age. The same occurs, though to a lesser extent with the words 달러 (dalleo) and 불 (bul), with the latter often being the exclusive way of saying 'dollar' among Korean diasporic communities in the west while in Korea both are used.

Derived terms

• See the hanja entry at 錢 for Sino-Korean compounds of 전 (錢, jeon).

Pronunciation

• (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [t͡ɕʌ̹n]
• Phonetic hangul: [전]

Suffix

—전 • (-jeon) (hanja 戰)

1. war; battle

   공격전 (攻擊戰) ― offensive war

   소모전 (消耗戰) ― war of attrition

2. game; competition

   결승전 (決勝戰) ― finals (lit. final game)

   선발전 (選拔戰) ― trials (lit. selection contest)

Pronunciation

• (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [t͡ɕʌ̹n]
• Phonetic hangul: [전]

Suffix

—전 • (-jeon) (hanja 展)

1. exhibition

   미술전 (美術展) ― art exhibition

   사진전 (寫眞展) ― photo exhibition

Pronunciation

• (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [t͡ɕʌ̹n]
• Phonetic hangul: [전]

Suffix

—전 • (-jeon) (hanja 傳)

1. (literature) biography

   Synonym: 전기(傳記) (jeon'gi, noun)

   홍길동전 (洪吉童傳) ― The Biography of Hong Gildong

Pronoun

전 • (jeon)

1. Contraction of 저는 (jeoneun, “I (as the topic of the sentence); as for me”).

Verb

전 • (jeon)

1. Past determiner of 절다 (jeolda, “to become salted”).