시

Korean

Pronunciation

• (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [ɕʰi]
• Phonetic hangul: [시]

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

Etymology 1

시식싞싟신싡싢 싣실싥싦싧싨싩 싪싫심십싮싯싰 싱싲싳싴싵싶싷
싀 ←	→ 싸

Syllable

(deprecated template usage) 시 • (si)

1. (deprecated template usage) 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), the honorific suffix for many nouns

Etymology 3

Korean reading of various Chinese characters.

Noun

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

1. town, city
   • 시의회는 그 문제가 주민 투표를 거쳐야 할 사안이라고 결정하였다.

     siuihoeneun geu munjega jumin tupyoreul geocheoya hal saanirago gyeoljeonghayeotda.

     The city council decided the matter should go to public vote.

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(里) (ri), 동(洞) (dong), 면(面) (myeon), 읍(邑) (eup), 구(區) (gu), 군(郡) (gun), 시(市) (si), 도(道) (do)

Noun

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

1. poem, poetry

Noun

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

1. time
2. hour

Noun

시 • (si) (hanja 施)

1. give, grant, bestow

Noun

시 • (si) (hanja 媤)

1. husband's family

Noun

시 • (si) (hanja 視)

1. to see

• 시력 (siryeok, “sight, vision”)
• 시청자 (sicheongja, “viewer”)
• 시야 (siya, “field of vision”)
• 사시 (sasi, “strabismus, squint, cross eyed”)