시계

Korean

Etymology

Sino-Korean word 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

• 괘종시계 (gwaejongsigye)
• 디지털시계 (dijiteolsigye)
• 모래시계 (moraesigye)
• 물시계 (mulsigye)
• 벽시계 (byeoksigye)
• 뻐꾸기시계 (ppeokkugisigye)
• 손목시계 (sonmoksigye)
• 시곗바늘 (sigyetbaneul)
• 아날로그시계 (anallogeusigye)
• 알람시계 (allamsigye)
• 전자시계 (jeonjasigye)
• 진자시계 (jinjasigye)
• 초시계 (chosigye)
• 팔뚝시계 (palttuksigye)
• 팔목시계 (palmoksigye)
• 해시계 (haesigye)
• 회중시계 (hoejungsigye)

figurative

• 배꼽시계 (baekkopsigye)

Further reading

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