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Korean
Pronunciation
- (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA(key):
- Phonetic hangul:
- Though still prescribed in Standard Korean, most speakers in both Koreas no longer distinguish vowel length.
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| Revised Romanization? | mansin |
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| Revised Romanization (translit.)? | mansin |
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| McCune–Reischauer? | mansin |
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| Yale Romanization? | mānsin |
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Etymology 1
Sino-Korean word from 萬 (“ten thousand, myriad”) + 神 (“god, divinity”). Korean shamans are believed to be possessed by many different divinities.
Noun
만신 • (mansin) (hanja 萬神)
- (honorific) female trance possession shaman; priestess of historically northern traditions of Korean shamanism, the indigenous religion of the country
- Synonym: 강신무(降神巫) (gangsinmu, “trance-possession shaman”) (academic)
- Hypernyms: 무속인(巫俗人) (musogin), 무당 (mudang); see also Thesaurus:무속인
Usage notes
- 만신(萬神) (mansin) is used only for shamans who undergo trance possession, traditionally found mainly in Seoul and what is now North Korea but now ubiquitous throughout both Koreas.
Etymology 2
Sino-Korean word from 滿身, from 滿 (“full”) + 身 (“body”).
Noun
만신 • (mansin) (hanja 滿身)
- (less common) the whole body, the entire body
- Synonyms: (more common) 온몸 (onmom), (more common) 전신(全身) (jeonsin)
- 만신창이 (滿身瘡痍, mansinchang'i, “being covered with wounds”)