시내

Korean

Pronunciation

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

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

Etymology 1

Sino-Korean word from 市內.

Noun

시내 • (sinae) (hanja 市內)

1. downtown, city centre

   우리는 시내로 관광을 갔다. ― Uri-neun sinae-ro gwan'gwang-eul gatda. ― We went sightseeing downtown.

2. city limit/boundary

   Antonym: 시외(市外) (sioe)

   시내버스 ― sinaebeoseu ― transit bus [as opposed to an intercity bus]

See also

• 교외(郊外) (gyooe, “suburb”)
• 읍내(邑內) (eumnae, “downtown (for smaller towns)”)

Etymology 2

First attested in the Worin seokbo (月印釋譜 / 월인석보), 1459, as Middle Korean 시〯냏〯 (Yale: sǐnǎyh), from *실〯 (*sǐl, “valley”) + 냏〯 (nǎyh, “stream”); the former element, still widely found in local placenames, was likely no longer an independent word by Middle Korean, having been uniformly replaced by Middle Korean 골〯 (kwǒl) (Lee and Ramsey 2011, p. 63).

Noun

시내 • (sinae)

1. narrow stream

Derived terms

• 시냇가 (sinaetga)
• 시냇물 (sinaenmul)