시계

Korean

Etymology

Sino-Korean word from 時計, an orthographic borrowing from Japanese 時計 (tokei)

Pronunciation

(SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [ɕʰiɡje̞] ~ [ɕʰiɡe̞]
Phonetic hangul: [시계/시게]

Romanizations
Revised Romanization^?	sigye
Revised Romanization (translit.)^?	sigye
McCune–Reischauer^?	sigye
Yale Romanization^?	sikyey

Noun

시계 • (sigye) (hanja 時計)

a clock, a watch, a timepiece
시계가 열두 시 를 울림 과 동시 에 나 는 첫 울음소리 를 냈다고 한다.
Sigye-ga yeoldu si-reul ullim-gwa dongsie na-neun cheot ureumsori-reul naetdago handa.
It was remarked that the clock began to strike, and I began to cry, simultaneously.

1869, Dickens, David Copperfield, chapter 1 (The original sentence in English)

Derived terms

괘종시계 (gwaejongsigye, “longcase clock”)
모래시계 (moraesigye, “hourglass”)
물시계 (mulsigye, “water clock”)
벽시계 (byeoksigye, “wall clock”)
뻐꾸기시계 (ppeokkugisigye, “cuckoo clock”)
손목시계 (sonmoksigye, “wristwatch”)
시곗바늘 (sigyetbaneul, “hand of a clock”)
초시계 (chosigye, “stopwatch”)
해시계 (haesigye, “sundial”)
회중시계 (hoejungsigye, “pocket watch”)

Further reading

시계 in Korean-English Learners' Dictionary, National Institute of Korean Language, cc by-sa 2.0 kr.

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