성화

Korean

Sino-Korean word from 成 (“to become”) + 火 (“fire”).

Romanizations
Revised Romanization^?	seonghwa
Revised Romanization (translit.)^?	seonghwa
McCune–Reischauer^?	sŏnghwa
Yale Romanization^?	senghwa

성화 • (seonghwa) (hanja 成火)

pestering; insisting on something one wants to do
결혼식 을 다녀온 아이 들 은 자기 들 도 결혼하고 싶다 고 성화였다.
Gyeolhonsig-eul danyeoon ai-deur-eun jagi-deul-do gyeolhonhago sipda-go seonghwa-yeotda.
The children who had come back from the wedding were loudly insistent that they wanted to get married, too.

Sino-Korean word from 聖火, from 聖 (“sacred”) + 火 (“fire”).

(SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [ˈsʰɘ(ː)ŋβwa̠]
Phonetic hangul: [성(ː)화]
- Though still prescribed in Standard Korean, most speakers in both Koreas no longer distinguish vowel length.

Romanizations
Revised Romanization^?	seonghwa
Revised Romanization (translit.)^?	seonghwa
McCune–Reischauer^?	sŏnghwa
Yale Romanization^?	sēnghwa

성화 • (seonghwa) (hanja 聖火)

sacred flame
이슬람 의 도래 이후 사산 조 페르시아 의 3대 성화는 모두 소진되었다.
Iseullam-ui dorae ihu Sasan-jo Pereusia-ui 3-dae seonghwa-neun modu sojindoeeotda.
After the coming of Islam, the three great sacred flames of Sasanian Persia were all extinguished.
Olympic flame

Sino-Korean word from 聖 (“sacred”) + 畵 (“painting”).

(SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [ˈsʰɘ(ː)ŋβwa̠]
Phonetic hangul: [성(ː)화]
- Though still prescribed in Standard Korean, most speakers in both Koreas no longer distinguish vowel length.

Romanizations
Revised Romanization^?	seonghwa
Revised Romanization (translit.)^?	seonghwa
McCune–Reischauer^?	sŏnghwa
Yale Romanization^?	sēnghwa

성화 • (seonghwa) (hanja 聖畵)

Sino-Korean word from 聖化, from 聖 (“sacred”) + 化 (“-ize”).

(SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [ˈsʰɘ(ː)ŋβwa̠]
Phonetic hangul: [성(ː)화]
- Though still prescribed in Standard Korean, most speakers in both Koreas no longer distinguish vowel length.

Romanizations
Revised Romanization^?	seonghwa
Revised Romanization (translit.)^?	seonghwa
McCune–Reischauer^?	sŏnghwa
Yale Romanization^?	sēnghwa

성화 • (seonghwa) (hanja 聖化)