자전거

Korean

Etymology

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
  • (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA(key): [t͡ɕa̠d͡ʑʌ̹nɡʌ̹]
    • (file)
  • Phonetic hangul: [자전거]
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

자전거 • (jajeon'geo) (hanja 自轉車)

  1. bicycle

Derived terms
  • 외발자전거 (oebaljajeon'geo, “unicycle”)
  • 산악자전거 (sanakjajeon'geo, “mountain bike”)
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