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