Korean

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Etymology

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Sino-Korean word from 信號燈 (traffic lights, signal light)

Pronunciation

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

Noun

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신호등 (sinhodeung) (hanja 信號燈)

  1. traffic lights, signal light