중세

Korean

Etymology

Sino-Korean word from 中世, from 中 (“middle”) + 世 (“era”)

Pronunciation

• (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [t͡ɕuŋsʰe̞]
• Phonetic hangul: [중세]

Romanizations
Revised Romanization?	jungse
Revised Romanization (translit.)?	jungse
McCune–Reischauer?	chungse
Yale Romanization?	cwungsey

Noun

중세 • (jungse) (hanja 中世)

1. Middle Ages; the medieval era

Coordinate terms

• 고대 (godae, “antiquity”)
• 근대 (geundae, “modernity”)
• 현대 (hyeondae, “contemporary times”)

Derived terms

• 중세국어 (jungsegugeo, “Middle Korean”)