성신

Korean

Etymology

Sino-Korean word from 聖神

Pronunciation

• (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [ˈsʰɘ(ː)ŋɕʰin]
• Phonetic hangul: [성(ː)신]
  • Though still prescribed in Standard Korean, most speakers in both Koreas no longer distinguish vowel length.

Romanizations
Revised Romanization?	seongsin
Revised Romanization (translit.)?	seongsin
McCune–Reischauer?	sŏngsin
Yale Romanization?	sēngsin

Proper noun

성신 • (Seongsin) (hanja 聖神)

1. (archaic in Catholicism and Orthodoxy, still used in Traditionalist Catholicism) Holy Spirit; Holy Ghost

Synonyms

• (common in Christianity) 성령 (seongnyeong)

Related terms

• 성부 (seongbu)
• 성자 (seongja)