세시

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Korean

Etymology 1

Sino-Korean word from 細視.

Pronunciation

Romanizations
Revised Romanization?sesi
Revised Romanization (translit.)?sesi
McCune–Reischauer?sesi
Yale Romanization?seysi

Noun

세시 (sesi) (hanja 細視)

  1. take a closer look

Etymology 2

Sino-Korean word from 歲時.

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?sesi
Revised Romanization (translit.)?sesi
McCune–Reischauer?sesi
Yale Romanization?sēysi

Noun

세시 (sesi) (hanja 歲時)

  1. all year long
  2. (a period of) time; years
  3. season (of the year)

Etymology 3

(se, three) +‎ 시(時) (si, time, season).

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

Romanizations
Revised Romanization?sesi
Revised Romanization (translit.)?sesi
McCune–Reischauer?sesi
Yale Romanization?seysi

Noun

세시 (sesi)

  1. three o'clock

See also

Korean number-counter combinations for (, si)
0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 What time?
영시 (零時, yeongsi) 한시 (hansi) 두시 (dusi) 세시 (sesi) 네시 (nesi) 다섯시 (daseotsi) 여섯시 (yeoseotsi) 일곱시 (ilgopsi) 여덟시 (yeodeolsi) 아홉시 (ahopsi) 열시 (yeolsi) 열한시 (yeolhansi) 열두시 (yeoldusi) 하시 (何時, hasi)