Korean

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Etymology

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Sino-Korean word from 謝肉祭, orthographic borrowing from Japanese 謝肉祭 (shanikusai).

Pronunciation

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  • (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA(key): [ˈsʰa̠(ː)juk̚t͡ɕ͈e̞]
  • Phonetic hangul: [(ː)]
    • Though still prescribed in Standard Korean, most speakers in both Koreas no longer distinguish vowel length.
Romanizations
Revised Romanization?sayukje
Revised Romanization (translit.)?sayugje
McCune–Reischauer?sayukche
Yale Romanization?sā.yukcey

Noun

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사육제 (sayukje) (hanja 謝肉祭)

  1. carnival