시청

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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.
Romanizations
Revised Romanization?sicheong
Revised Romanization (translit.)?sicheong
McCune–Reischauer?sich'ŏng
Yale Romanization?sī.cheng

Etymology 1

Sino-Korean word from 市廳, from 市 (“market, fair, city, town”) + 廳 (“hall, central room”)

Noun

시청 • (sicheong) (hanja 市廳)

  1. city hall

Etymology 2

Sino-Korean word from 視聽, from 視 (“to look at”) + 聽 (“listen”)

Noun

시청 • (sicheong) (hanja 視聽)

  1. watch and listen, especially to television
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