신자식

Korean

Etymology

    Sino-Korean word from 神 (“divine”) + 子息 (“child”).

    Pronunciation

    • (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA(key): [ɕʰiɲd͡ʑa̠ɕʰik̚]
    • Phonetic hangul: [신자식]
    Romanizations
    Revised Romanization?sinjasik
    Revised Romanization (translit.)?sinjasig
    McCune–Reischauer?sinjasik
    Yale Romanization?sin.casik

    Noun

    신자식 • (sinjasik) (hanja 神子息)

    1. (shamanism) a novice priest who is being mentored by a senior one
      Hyponyms: (male) 신아들 (sinadeul), (female) 신딸 (sinttal)
      Coordinate term: 신부모(神父母) (sinbumo)
      Hypernyms: 무속인(巫俗人) (musogin), 무당(巫堂) (mudang); for more, see Thesaurus:무속인
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