정문

jeongmun · [정문]

main gate

nounBeginner

Meanings

  1. main gateA gate at the front of a building through which people and cars go in and come out.
Other Words Spelled the Same (1)

정문 · noun

  1. gate of virtue: (archaic) A red gate that used to be erected in front of the house of a royal subject, dutiful son or virtuous widow to commemorate him/her.

Written Forms

정문Hangul
正門Hanja

Examples from Lessons (3)

민수는 대학교 정문에 가요.

Minsu goes to the university's main gate.

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민수와 지은이 학교 정문에서 처음 만나요.

Minsu and Jieun meet for the first time at the school gate.

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민지는 정문을 찾아요.

Minji looks for the main gate.

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Grammar in These Examples

Korean definitions, pronunciations and learner levels are from the Basic Korean Dictionary (한국어기초사전) by the National Institute of Korean Language, licensed under CC BY-SA 2.0 KR.

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