세기
Korean
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Sino-Korean word from 世紀, from 世 (“generation”) + 紀 (“time”), an orthographic borrowing from Japanese 世紀 (seiki), from Middle Chinese 世紀 (syejH kiX)
Pronunciation
[edit]- (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA(key): [ˈsʰe̞(ː)ɡi]
- Phonetic hangul: [세(ː)기]
- Though still prescribed in Standard Korean, most speakers in both Koreas no longer distinguish vowel length.
| Romanizations | |
|---|---|
| Revised Romanization? | segi |
| Revised Romanization (translit.)? | segi |
| McCune–Reischauer? | segi |
| Yale Romanization? | sēyki |
Noun
[edit]- century (100 years)
- 20(이십)세기 초 이래로
- 20(isip)segi cho iraero
- since the early twentieth century
Categories:
- Sino-Korean words
- Korean terms borrowed from Japanese
- Korean orthographic borrowings from Japanese
- Korean terms derived from Japanese
- Korean terms derived from Middle Chinese
- Korean terms with long vowels in the first syllable
- Korean terms with IPA pronunciation
- Korean lemmas
- Korean nouns
- Korean terms with usage examples
- ko:Time
- ko:Hundred