시장

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 市 (“market”) + 場 (“open space”).

    Pronunciation

    • (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA(key): [ˈɕʰi(ː)d͡ʑa̠ŋ]
    • Phonetic hangul: [시(ː)장]
      • 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 市 (“town”) + 長 (“head”).

      Pronunciation

      • (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA(key): [ˈɕʰi(ː)d͡ʑa̠ŋ]
      • Phonetic hangul: [시(ː)장]
        • 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
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