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Korean
Pronunciation
- (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA(key): ~
- Phonetic hangul:
- Though still prescribed in Standard Korean, most speakers in both Koreas no longer distinguish vowel length.
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| Revised Romanization? | sinae |
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| Revised Romanization (translit.)? | sinae |
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| McCune–Reischauer? | sinae |
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| Yale Romanization? | sīnay |
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Etymology 1
Sino-Korean word from 市內.
Noun
시내 • (sinae) (hanja 市內)
- downtown, city centre
- 우리는 시내로 관광을 갔다. ― Uri-neun sinae-ro gwan'gwang-eul gatda. ― We went sightseeing downtown.
- city limit/boundary
- Antonym: 시외(市外) (sioe)
- 시내버스 ― sinaebeoseu ― transit bus
See also
Etymology 2
First attested in the Worin seokbo (月印釋譜 / 월인석보), 1459, as Middle Korean 시〯냏〯 (Yale: sǐnǎyh), from *실〯 (*sǐl, “valley”) + 냏〯 (nǎyh, “stream”); the former element, still widely found in local placenames, was likely no longer an independent word by Middle Korean, having been uniformly replaced by Middle Korean 골〯 (kwǒl) (Lee and Ramsey 2011, p. 63).
Noun
시내 • (sinae)
- narrow stream
Derived terms