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Korean
Etymology
Sino-Korean word from 時計, an orthographic borrowing from Japanese 時計 (tokei)
Pronunciation
| Romanizations |
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| Revised Romanization? | sigye |
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| Revised Romanization (translit.)? | sigye |
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| McCune–Reischauer? | sigye |
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| Yale Romanization? | sikyey |
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Noun
시계 • (sigye) (hanja 時計)
- a clock, a watch, a timepiece
시계가 열두 시를 울림과 동시에 나는 첫 울음소리를 냈다고 한다.- Sigye-ga yeoldu si-reul ullim-gwa dongsie na-neun cheot ureumsori-reul naetdago handa.
- It was remarked that the clock began to strike, and I began to cry, simultaneously.
- 1869, Dickens, David Copperfield, chapter 1 (The original sentence in English)
Derived terms
Further reading
- 시계 in Korean-English Learners' Dictionary, National Institute of Korean Language, cc by-sa 2.0 kr.