시비

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Korean

Etymology

Sino-Korean word from 是非.

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?sibi
Revised Romanization (translit.)?sibi
McCune–Reischauer?sibi
Yale Romanization?sīpi

Noun

시비 (sibi) (hanja 是非)

  1. right and wrong
  2. quarrel; dispute; argument