시간

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Etymology 1

Sino-Korean word from 時間, from (time) + (gap).

Pronunciation

Romanizations
Revised Romanization?sigan
Revised Romanization (translit.)?sigan
McCune–Reischauer?sigan
Yale Romanization?sikan

Noun

시간 (sigan) (hanja 時間)

  1. time
    비제한적 관계절(계속적 용법 관계절), 시간이나 장소 나타내는 접속사 이끄는 유사하게, 삽입구 쓰인다.
    Bijehanjeok gwan'gyejeol(gyesokjeok yongbeob-ui gwan'gyejeol)-eun, sigan-ina jangso-reul natanaeneun jeopsoksa-ga ikkeuneun jeol-gwa yusahage, sabipgu-ro sseu'inda.
    Nonrestrictive relative clauses are parenthetic, as are similar clauses introduced by conjunctions indicating time or place.
  2. hour
    이번 시간 재미있는 배워 보도록 하겠습니다.
    Ibeon sigan-e-neun jaemiinneun chum-eul baewo bodorok hagetseumnida.
    In this hour, you'll learn interesting dancing.
  3. lesson
Derived terms

Etymology 2

Sino-Korean word from 時艱 (hard times).

Pronunciation

Romanizations
Revised Romanization?sigan
Revised Romanization (translit.)?sigan
McCune–Reischauer?sigan
Yale Romanization?sikan

Noun

시간 (sigan) (hanja 時艱)

  1. troubles or hardships of a specific time or era

Etymology 3

Sino-Korean word from 屍姦, from (corpse) + (fornication).

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?sigan
Revised Romanization (translit.)?sigan
McCune–Reischauer?sigan
Yale Romanization?sīkan

Noun

시간 (sigan) (hanja 屍姦)

  1. necrophilia

Etymology 4

Sino-Korean word from (corpse) + (admonish).

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?sigan
Revised Romanization (translit.)?sigan
McCune–Reischauer?sigan
Yale Romanization?sīkan

Noun

시간 (sigan) (hanja 屍諫)

  1. providing counsel to the king (even to the point of death)