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무신

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Korean

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Etymology 1

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Related to 무슨 (museun).

Pronunciation

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

Determiner

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무신 (musin)

  1. dialectal, Jeolla dialect, Gyeongsang, Chungcheong, Gangwon, and Seoul form of 무슨 (museun, what, kind of)
    • 1979 December 2, 오기생 [ogisaeng], “가난한 사람이 캔 산삼 [gananhan sarami kaen sansam]”, in 한국구비문학대계 [han'gukgubimunhakdaegye]‎[1], 경상북도 경주시 황오동 [gyeongsangbukdo gyeongjusi hwang'odong]:
      그덩, " 무신 ?"
      ika-geudeong, geu musin il-go?"
      So he said this, 'what kind of work is it?'
    • 1982 May 12, 최삼룡 [choesamnyong], “성낭낭 고사 [seongnangnang gosa]”, in 한국구비문학대계 [han'gukgubimunhakdaegye]‎[2], 인천광역시 남구 [incheon'gwang'yeoksi namgu]:
      솔나무, 무신 단풍나무, 그런 활엽수...
      Sollamu, musin danpungnamu, geureon hwaryeopsu-ga...
      Pine trees, a kind of maple tree, those type of broad leafed trees...

Etymology 2

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    Sino-Korean word from 武臣.

    Pronunciation

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    Romanizations
    Revised Romanization?Musin
    Revised Romanization (translit.)?Musin
    McCune–Reischauer?Musin
    Yale Romanization?musin

    Proper noun

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    무신 (Musin) (hanja 武臣)

    1. (historical) government official serving a military and war

    Etymology 3

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      Sino-Korean word from 戊申.

      Pronunciation

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      Romanizations
      Revised Romanization?Musin
      Revised Romanization (translit.)?Musin
      McCune–Reischauer?Musin
      Yale Romanization?musin

      Proper noun

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      무신 (Musin) (hanja 戊申)

      1. The forty-fifth term of the Chinese sexagenary cycle, sometimes glossed as "Earth Monkey" from its associated terms in the Chinese elements and zodiac.
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