시절

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Jeju

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Noun

시절 (sijeol)

  1. a period of time
  2. a time of life; a season

Korean

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Romanizations
Revised Romanization?sijeol
Revised Romanization (translit.)?sijeol
McCune–Reischauer?sijŏl
Yale Romanization?sicel

Etymology 1

Sino-Korean word from 時節 (“period of time”).

Noun

시절 • (sijeol) (hanja 時節)

  1. a period of time
    니콜 키드만은 초등학교 시절에 "레인 코브 퍼블릭 스쿨"을 다녔다.
    nikol kideumaneun chodeunghakgyo sijeore rein kobeu peobeullik seukureul danyeotda.
    Nicole Kidman attended Lane Cove Public School in her primary years.
    양 씨는 그의 마을에서 그 빙하의 가장 낮은 끄트머리를 볼 수 있었다고 기억한다고 말한다. 그러나 그런 시절은 지나갔다.
    yang ssineun geuui ma'eureseo geu binghaui gajang najeun kkeuteumeorireul bol su isseotdago gieokhandago malhanda. geureona geureon sijeoreun jinagatda.
    Yang says he remembers being able to see the glacier’s lowest edge from his home village. But that time has passed.
  2. a time of life; a season
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Etymology 2

Noun

시절 • (sijeol)

  1. (derogatory, Northwest Chungcheong, Naepo Region) fool, idiot
    야 이 시절탱아! (Chungcheong, Yesan)
    Ya i sijeol-taeng-a!
    You fool!
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