신문

Korean

Etymology

    Sino-Korean word from 新聞, from (new) + (to hear), from an orthographic borrowing from Japanese 新聞 (shinbun).

    Pronunciation

    • (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA(key): [ɕʰinmun]
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    • Phonetic hangul: []
    Romanizations
    Revised Romanization?sinmun
    Revised Romanization (translit.)?sinmun
    McCune–Reischauer?sinmun
    Yale Romanization?sinmun

    Noun

    신문 • (sinmun) (hanja 新聞)

    1. newspaper
      신문 가판대
      sinmun gapandae
      news stand
      신문 흥미로운 기사 났다.
      Sinmun-e heungmiroun gisa-ga natda.
      In the newspaper, an interesting article appeared.

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