인사
Korean edit
Etymology edit
Sino-Korean word from 人事 (“human affairs”). The "greeting" sense, invented in Korea, is attested since 1459 as Middle Korean ᅀᅵᆫᄉᆞ〮 (Yale: zìnsó).
Pronunciation edit
- (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA(key): [insʰa̠]
- Phonetic hangul: [인사]
| Romanizations | |
|---|---|
| Revised Romanization? | insa |
| Revised Romanization (translit.)? | insa |
| McCune–Reischauer? | insa |
| Yale Romanization? | insa |
Noun edit
- greeting
- personnel matters, human resources
- (dated, literary) human affairs, ways of the world