시장

Korean

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

• (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [ɕʰid͡ʑa̠ŋ]
• Phonetic hangul: [시장]

Romanizations
Revised Romanization?	sijang
Revised Romanization (translit.)?	sijang
McCune–Reischauer?	sijang
Yale Romanization?	sicang

Noun

시장 • (sijang)

1. hunger

Etymology 2

Sino-Korean word from 市場, from 市 (“market”) + 場 (“open space”).

Pronunciation

• (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [ˈɕʰi(ː)d͡ʑa̠ŋ]
• Phonetic hangul: [시(ː)장]
  • Though still prescribed in Standard Korean, most speakers in both Koreas no longer distinguish vowel length.

Romanizations
Revised Romanization?	sijang
Revised Romanization (translit.)?	sijang
McCune–Reischauer?	sijang
Yale Romanization?	sīcang

Noun

시장 • (sijang) (hanja 市場)

1. market

Etymology 3

Sino-Korean word from 市長, from 市 (“town”) + 長 (“head”).

Pronunciation

• (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [ˈɕʰi(ː)d͡ʑa̠ŋ]
• Phonetic hangul: [시(ː)장]
  • Though still prescribed in Standard Korean, most speakers in both Koreas no longer distinguish vowel length.

Romanizations
Revised Romanization?	sijang
Revised Romanization (translit.)?	sijang
McCune–Reischauer?	sijang
Yale Romanization?	sīcang

Noun

시장 • (sijang) (hanja 市長)

1. mayor

Etymology 4

Possibly related to or a nativisation of 시방(時方) (sibang, “now”).

Adverb

시장 • (sijang)

1. (Hamgyong, Some dialects of Yanbian, Russia, Presumably also Yukjin) now

   야, 시장 오겠으꾸마. (Koryo-mar)

   Ya, sijang ogesseukkuma.

   Yes, now I will go there