시민

Korean

Etymology

Sino-Korean word from 市民, from 市 (“city”) + 民 (“populace”).

Pronunciation

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

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

Noun

시민 • (simin) (hanja 市民)

1. citizens, citizenry
2. the residents of a city

See also

• 주민 (住民, jumin, “residents”)
• 농민 (農民, nongmin, “farmers”)
• 국민 (國民, gungmin, “people of a nation”)