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Sino-Korean word from 以前, from 以 (“from”) + 前 (“before”)

  • (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA(key): [ˈi(ː)d͡ʑʌ̹n]
  • Phonetic hangul: [이(ː)전]
    • Though still prescribed in Standard Korean, most speakers in both Koreas no longer distinguish vowel length.
Romanizations
Revised Romanization?ijeon
Revised Romanization (translit.)?ijeon
McCune–Reischauer?ijŏn
Yale Romanization?īcen

이전 • (ijeon) (hanja 以前)

  1. the time before now; heretofore

    그들은 이전에 눈 속에 놓아둔 측정 장비 몇 점을 찾고 있었다.

    geudeureun ijeone nun soge noadun cheukjeong jangbi myeot jeomeul chatgo isseotda.
    They were looking for some measuring equipment they had placed in the ice earlier.