미신

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Korean

Etymology

Sino-Korean word from 迷信, from 迷 (“bewitching”) + 信 (“faith”)

Pronunciation

  • (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA(key):
  • Phonetic hangul:
    • Though still prescribed in Standard Korean, most speakers in both Koreas no longer distinguish vowel length.
Romanizations
Revised Romanization?misin
Revised Romanization (translit.)?misin
McCune–Reischauer?misin
Yale Romanization?mīsin
  • South Gyeongsang (Busan) pitch accent: 미신의 / 미신에 / 미신까지

    Syllables in red take high pitch. This word always takes high pitch only on the first syllable, and lowers the pitch of subsequent suffixes.

Noun

미신 • (misin) (hanja 迷信)

  1. superstition (a set of beliefs that future events may be influenced by one's behaviour in some magical or mystical way)
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