신자식

Korean

Etymology

Sino-Korean word from 神 (“divine”) + 子息 (“child”).

Pronunciation

• (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [ɕʰiɲd͡ʑa̠ɕʰik̚]
• Phonetic hangul: [신자식]

Romanizations
Revised Romanization?	sinjasik
Revised Romanization (translit.)?	sinjasig
McCune–Reischauer?	sinjasik
Yale Romanization?	sin.casik

Noun

신자식 • (sinjasik) (hanja 神子息)

1. (shamanism) a novice priest who is being mentored by a senior one

   Hyponyms: (male) 신아들 (sinadeul), (female) 신딸 (sinttal)

   Coordinate term: 신부모(神父母) (sinbumo)

   Hypernyms: 무속인(巫俗人) (musogin), 무당(巫堂) (mudang); for more, see Thesaurus:무속인