세기

Korean

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [ˈsʰe̞(ː)ɡi]
• Phonetic hangul: [세(ː)기]
  • 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

세기 • (segi) (hanja 世紀)

1. century (100 years)

   20(이십)세기 초 이래로

   20(isip)segi cho iraero

   since the early twentieth century