시

Character	ㅅ U+3145, ㅅ
Name	HANGUL LETTER SIOS
Block	Hangul Compatibility Jamo
← ㅄ [U+3144] [U+3146] ㅆ →

Korean

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɕʰi/
• Phonetic hangeul: 시

Romanizations

Revised transcription	si
Revised transliteration	si
McCune–Reischauer	si
Yale	si

Etymology 1

시식싞싟신싡싢 싣실싥싦싧싨싩 싪싫심십싮싯싰 싱싲싳싴싵싶싷
싀 ←	→ 싸

Syllable

시 • ‎(si)

1. A Hangul syllabic block made up of ㅅ and ㅣ.

Etymology 2

Suffix

시 • ‎(si)

1. honorably, rightly, justly; the honorific suffix applied to verbs and adjectives

Usage notes

The honorific form of verbs expresses the social superiority of the subject of the sentence to the speaker. As applied to adjectives, it expresses the relationship between the modified noun and the speaker.

The honorific form is constructed by appending 시 (si) to the sequential form of a verb or an adjective.

Plain (non-honorific)	Sequential	Honorific
하다 (hada, "to do")	하니 (hani)	하시다 (hasida, "to do (by someone superior to the speaker)"
가다 (gada, "to go")	가니 (gani)	가시다 (gasida, "to go (by someone superior to the speaker)"
살다 (salda, "to live")	사니 (sani)	사시다 (sasida, "to live (by someone superior to the speaker)"
작다 (jakda, "(to be) small")	작으니 (jageuni)	작으시다 (jageusida, "(for something superior to the speaker) to be small"
곱다 (gopda, "(to be) lovely")	고우니 (gouni)	고우시다 (gousida, "(for someone superior to the speaker) to be lovely"

See also

• 님 ‎(nim) (nim), the honorific suffix for many nouns

Etymology 3

Korean reading of various Chinese characters.

Noun

시 • ‎(si, McCune-Reischauer: shi) ‎(hanja 市)

1. town, city
2. (South Korea, government) an administrative region, a division of a province having a population of over 150,000

   (Administrative divisions of South Korea) 리 ‎(ri), 동 ‎(dong), 면 ‎(myeon), 읍 ‎(eup), 구 ‎(gu), 군 ‎(gun), 시 ‎(si), 도 ‎(do)

Noun

시 • ‎(si, McCune-Reischauer: shi) ‎(hanja 詩)

1. poem, poetry

Noun

시 • ‎(si, McCune-Reischauer: shi) ‎(hanja 時)

1. time
2. hour

Noun

시 • ‎(si) ‎(hanja 施)

1. give, grant, bestow