신축

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Korean

Etymology 1

Sino-Korean word from 伸縮.

Pronunciation

Romanizations
Revised Romanization?Sinchuk
Revised Romanization (translit.)?Sinchug
McCune–Reischauer?Sinch'uk
Yale Romanization?sin.chwuk

Proper noun

신축 (Sinchuk) (hanja 伸縮)

  1. to stretch out and draw back; to expand and contract; to lengthen and shorten; to telescope
  2. to be flexible; to be adjustable; to be elastic

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Etymology 2

Sino-Korean word from 新築.

Pronunciation

Romanizations
Revised Romanization?Sinchuk
Revised Romanization (translit.)?Sinchug
McCune–Reischauer?Sinch'uk
Yale Romanization?sin.chwuk

Proper noun

신축 (Sinchuk) (hanja 新築)

  1. a new house

Etymology 3

Sino-Korean word from 辛丑.

Pronunciation

Romanizations
Revised Romanization?Sinchuk
Revised Romanization (translit.)?Sinchug
McCune–Reischauer?Sinch'uk
Yale Romanization?sin.chwuk

Proper noun

신축 (Sinchuk) (hanja 辛丑)

  1. The thirty-eighth term of the Chinese sexagenary cycle, sometimes glossed as "Metal Ox" from its associated terms in the Chinese elements and zodiac.
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