신기하다

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Korean

Pronunciation

Romanizations
Revised Romanization?sin'gihada
Revised Romanization (translit.)?singihada
McCune–Reischauer?sin'gihada
Yale Romanization?sinkihata

Etymology 1

신기(神奇) (sin'gi) +‎ 하다 (-hada, to do, light verb deriving adjectives).

Adjective

신기하다 (sin'gihada) (infinitive 신기해 or 신기하여, sequential 신기하니)

  1. to be strange and amazing; to be mysterious, to be wondrous
    Synonym: 기이(奇異)하다 (giihada)
    죽은 신기할 따름이다.An jugeun ge sin'gihal ttareum-ida.It's a wonder didn't die.
Usage notes
  • The semantics of this word have somewhat blurred with the homophonous "to be novel" sense, so that the word commonly refers to something both novel and wondrous.
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Etymology 2

신기(新奇) (sin'gi) +‎ 하다 (-hada, to do, light verb deriving adjectives).

Adjective

신기하다 (sin'gihada) (infinitive 신기해 or 신기하여, sequential 신기하니)

  1. to be novel; to be new and interesting
    Synonym: 놀랍다 (nollapda)
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