세기

Korean

Etymology

Sino-Korean word from 世紀, from 世 (“generation”) + 紀 (“time”), from Japanese 世紀 (seiki), from Middle Chinese 世紀 (syejH kiX)

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key)[ˈsʰe̞ːɡi]
  • Phonetic Hangul[세:기]
Revised Romanization? segi
Revised Romanization (translit.)? segi
McCune–Reischauer? segi
Yale Romanization? sēyki

Noun

세기 • (segi) (hanja 世紀)

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