시장

Korean

Pronunciation
Romanizations
Revised Romanization?sijang
Revised Romanization (translit.)?sijang
McCune–Reischauer?sijang
Yale Romanization?sicang

Noun

시장 • (sijang)

  1. hunger

Etymology 2

Sino-Korean word from 市場, from 市 (“market”) + 場 (“open space”).

Pronunciation
  • (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA(key): [ˈɕʰi(ː)d͡ʑa̠ŋ]
  • Phonetic hangul: [시(ː)장]
    • Though still prescribed in Standard Korean, most speakers in both Koreas no longer distinguish vowel length.
Romanizations
Revised Romanization?sijang
Revised Romanization (translit.)?sijang
McCune–Reischauer?sijang
Yale Romanization?sīcang

Noun

시장 • (sijang) (hanja 市場)

  1. market

Etymology 3

Sino-Korean word from 市長, from 市 (“town”) + 長 (“head”).

Pronunciation
  • (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA(key): [ˈɕʰi(ː)d͡ʑa̠ŋ]
  • Phonetic hangul: [시(ː)장]
    • Though still prescribed in Standard Korean, most speakers in both Koreas no longer distinguish vowel length.
Romanizations
Revised Romanization?sijang
Revised Romanization (translit.)?sijang
McCune–Reischauer?sijang
Yale Romanization?sīcang

Noun

시장 • (sijang) (hanja 市長)

  1. mayor

Etymology 4

Possibly related to or a nativisation of 시방(時方) (sibang, “now”).

Adverb

시장 • (sijang)

  1. (Hamgyong, Some dialects of Yanbian, Koryo-mar, Presumably also Yukjin) now
    야, 시장 오겠으꾸마. (Koryo-mar)
    Ya, sijang ogesseukkuma.
    Yes, now I will go there
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