시발

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Korean

Etymology 1

Sino-Korean word from 始發

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?sibal
Revised Romanization (translit.)?sibal
McCune–Reischauer?sibal
Yale Romanization?sīpal

Noun

시발 (sibal) (hanja 始發)

  1. first departure (of a train, car, etc.)
Derived terms

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

Romanizations
Revised Romanization?sibal
Revised Romanization (translit.)?sibal
McCune–Reischauer?sibal
Yale Romanization?sipal

Interjection

시발 (sibal)

  1. (vulgar) Alternative form of 씨발 (ssibal, fuck!)