Korean edit

Pronunciation edit

Romanizations
Revised Romanization?sin'gihada
Revised Romanization (translit.)?singihada
McCune–Reischauer?sin'gihada
Yale Romanization?sinkihata

Etymology 1 edit

신기(神奇) (sin'gi) +‎ 하다 (-hada, to do, light verb deriving adjectives).

Adjective edit

신기하다 (sin'gihada) (infinitive 신기해 or 신기하여, sequential 신기하니)

  1. to be strange and amazing; to be mysterious, to be wondrous
    Synonym: 기이(奇異)하다 (giihada)
    죽은 신기할 따름이다.An jugeun ge sin'gihal ttareum-ida.It's a wonder [he] didn't die.
Usage notes edit
  • The semantics of this word have somewhat blurred with the homophonous "to be novel" sense, so that the word commonly refers to something both novel and wondrous.
Conjugation edit
Derived terms edit

Etymology 2 edit

신기(新奇) (sin'gi) +‎ 하다 (-hada, to do, light verb deriving adjectives).

Adjective edit

신기하다 (sin'gihada) (infinitive 신기해 or 신기하여, sequential 신기하니)

  1. to be novel; to be new and interesting
    Synonym: 놀랍다 (nollapda)
Usage notes edit
Conjugation edit