Korean

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Etymology

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Sino-Korean word from 是非.

Pronunciation

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  • (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA(key): [ˈɕʰi(ː)bi]
  • Phonetic hangul: [(ː)]
    • Though still prescribed in Standard Korean, most speakers in both Koreas no longer distinguish vowel length.
Romanizations
Revised Romanization?sibi
Revised Romanization (translit.)?sibi
McCune–Reischauer?sibi
Yale Romanization?sīpi

Noun

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시비 (sibi) (hanja 是非)

  1. right and wrong
  2. quarrel; dispute; argument