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자전거

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Korean

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Etymology

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Sino-Korean word from 自轉車, an orthographic borrowing from Japanese 自轉車(じてんしゃ) (jitensha) (modern spelling 自転車), coined in Japan in 1870 in reference to a patented tricycle design. Later used to refer to bicycles.

Pronunciation

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  • (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA(key): [t͡ɕa̠d͡ʑʌ̹nɡʌ̹]
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  • Phonetic hangul: []
Romanizations
Revised Romanization?jajeon'geo
Revised Romanization (translit.)?jajeongeo
McCune–Reischauer?chajŏn'gŏ
Yale Romanization?cacenke
  • South Gyeongsang (Busan) pitch accent: 자전거의 / 자전거에 / 자전거까지

    Syllables in red take high pitch. This word always takes high pitch on the first two syllables, and lowers the pitch of subsequent suffixes.

Noun

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자전거 (jajeon'geo) (hanja 自轉車)

  1. bicycle

Derived terms

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