시체

Korean

Etymology

    Sino-Korean word from 屍體 (“cadaver, corpse, (dead) body”)

    Pronunciation

    • (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA(key): [ˈɕʰi(ː)t͡ɕʰe̞]
    • Phonetic hangul: [시(ː)체]
      • Though still prescribed in Standard Korean, most speakers in both Koreas no longer distinguish vowel length.
    Romanizations
    Revised Romanization?siche
    Revised Romanization (translit.)?siche
    McCune–Reischauer?sich'e
    Yale Romanization?sī.chey

    Noun

    시체 • (siche) (hanja 屍體)

    1. cadaver, corpse, (dead) body (of humans)
      Synonym: (more polite) 시신(屍身) (sisin)

    See also

    This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is available under Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 unless otherwise noted. Additional terms may apply for the media files.