신자식

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Korean

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Etymology

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Sino-Korean word from (divine) + 子息 (child).

Pronunciation

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Romanizations
Revised Romanization?sinjasik
Revised Romanization (translit.)?sinjasig
McCune–Reischauer?sinjasik
Yale Romanization?sin.casik

Noun

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신자식 (sinjasik) (hanja 神子息)

  1. (shamanism) a novice priest who is being mentored by a senior one
    Hyponyms: (male) 신아들 (sinadeul), (female) 신딸 (sinttal)
    Coordinate term: 신부모(神父母) (sinbumo)
    Hypernyms: 무속인(巫俗人) (musogin), 무당(巫堂) (mudang); for more, see Thesaurus:무속인