시계

Korean

Etymology

Sino-Korean word from 時計, 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)

1. a clock, a watch, a timepiece

   시계가 열두 시를 울림과 동시에 나는 첫 울음소리를 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

• 고급 시계(高級時計) (gogeup sigye)
• 괘종시계(掛鐘時計) (gwaejongsigye)
• 디지털시계(時計) (dijiteolsigye)
• 모래시계(時計) (moraesigye)
• 물시계(時計) (mulsigye)
• (figurative) 배꼽시계(時計) (baekkopsigye)
• 벽시계(壁時計) (byeoksigye)
• 뻐꾸기시계(時計) (ppeokkugisigye)
• 손목시계(時計) (sonmoksigye)
• 시곗(時計)바늘 (sigyetbaneul)
• 아날로그시계(時計) (anallogeusigye)
• 알람시계(時計) (allamsigye)
• 전자시계(電子時計) (jeonjasigye)
• 진자시계(振子時計) (jinjasigye)
• 초시계(秒時計) (chosigye)
• 탁상시계(卓上時計) (taksangsigye)
• 팔뚝시계(時計) (palttuksigye)
• 팔목시계(時計) (palmoksigye)
• 해시계(時計) (haesigye)
• 회중시계(懷中時計) (hoejungsigye)

Further reading

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