시장

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Korean

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

Romanizations
Revised Romanization?sijang
Revised Romanization (translit.)?sijang
McCune–Reischauer?sijang
Yale Romanization?sicang

Noun

시장 (sijang)

  1. hunger

Etymology 2

Sino-Korean word from 市場, from (market) + (open space).

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?sijang
Revised Romanization (translit.)?sijang
McCune–Reischauer?sijang
Yale Romanization?sīcang

Noun

시장 (sijang) (hanja 市場)

  1. market

Etymology 3

Sino-Korean word from 市長, from (town) + (head).

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?sijang
Revised Romanization (translit.)?sijang
McCune–Reischauer?sijang
Yale Romanization?sīcang

Noun

시장 (sijang) (hanja 市長)

  1. mayor

Etymology 4

Possibly related to or a nativisation of 시방(時方) (sibang, now).

Adverb

시장 (sijang)

  1. (Hamgyong, Some dialects of Yanbian, Russia, Presumably also Yukjin) now
    야, 시장 오겠으꾸마. (Koryo-mar)
    Ya, sijang ogesseukkuma.
    Yes, now I will go there