세기

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Korean

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Etymology

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Sino-Korean word from 世紀, from (generation) + (time), an orthographic borrowing from Japanese 世紀(せいき) (seiki), from Middle Chinese 世紀 (syejH kiX)

Pronunciation

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  • (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA(key): [ˈsʰe̞(ː)ɡi]
  • Phonetic hangul: [(ː)]
    • Though still prescribed in Standard Korean, most speakers in both Koreas no longer distinguish vowel length.
Romanizations
Revised Romanization?segi
Revised Romanization (translit.)?segi
McCune–Reischauer?segi
Yale Romanization?sēyki

Noun

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세기 (segi) (hanja 世紀)

  1. century (100 years)
    20(이십)세기 초 이래로
    20(isip)segi cho iraero
    since the early twentieth century