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Korean
- 새박 (saebak) (obsolete)
- 새배 (saebae) (obsolete)
Etymology
Of native Korean origin.
Pronunciation
| Romanizations |
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| Revised Romanization? | saebyeok |
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| Revised Romanization (translit.)? | saebyeog |
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| McCune–Reischauer? | saebyŏk |
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| Yale Romanization? | saypyek |
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Noun
새벽 • (saebyeok)
- dawn; daybreak; cockcrow (also used to indicate time of the day, approximately from 1:00 a.m. to 3:00 a.m.)
새벽 세 시에- saebyeok se si-e
- at three in the morning
Synonyms
- 닭우리 (dalguri, “cockcrow, dawn, daybreak”) (obsolete)
- 동트기 (東트기, dongteugi, “east-crack, crack of dawn”)
- 갓밝이 (gatbalgi, “dawn, daybreak”)
- 밝이 (balgi, “dawn, daybreak”)
- 밝을녘 (balgeullyeok, “verge of daybreak”)
- 샐녘 (saellyeok, “verge of daybreak”)
- 해돋이 (haedoji, “sunrise”)
- 여명 (黎明, yeomyeong, “dawn, daybreak”)
Antonyms
- 땅거미 (ttanggeomi, “darkness (after sunset)”)
- 저녁 (jeonyeok, “evening, after sunset”)
- 해질녘 (haejillyeok, “verge of sunset”)
- 해넘이 (haeneomi, “sunset”)
Derived terms
- 새벽녘 (saebyeongnyeok): verge of dawn
- 새벽달 (saebyeokdal): moon at dawn
- 새벽닭 (saebyeokdak): cock at dawn
- 새벽바람 (saebyeokbaram): wind at dawn
- 새벽밥 (saebyeokbap): meal at dawn
- 새벽일 (saebyeogil): work at dawn
- 새벽잠 (saebyeokjam): sleep at dawn
- 새벽종 (saebyeokjong): bell at dawn
- Related nouns
- Related verbs
See also
- 낮 (nat, “daytime”)
- 밤 (bam, “night”)
- 아침 (achim, “morning, after sunrise”)
- 저녁 (jeonyeok, “evening, after sunset”)
- 놀 (nol, “sunrise, sunset, glow”)