무신

Korean

Etymology 1

Related to 무슨 (museun).

Pronunciation

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

Determiner

무신 • (musin)

  1. dialectal, Jeolla dialect, Gyeongsang, Chungcheong, Gangwon, and Seoul form of 무슨 (museun, “what, kind of”)
    • 1979 December 2, 오기생 [ogisaeng], “가난한 사람이 캔 산삼 [gananhan sarami kaen sansam]”, in 한국구비문학대계 [han'gukgubimunhakdaegye]‎[1], 경상북도 경주시 황오동 [gyeongsangbukdo gyeongjusi hwang'odong]:
      이카그덩, "그 무신 일고?"
      ika-geudeong, geu musin il-go?"
      So he said this, 'what kind of work is it?'
    • 1982 May 12, 최삼룡 [choesamnyong], “성낭낭 고사 [seongnangnang gosa]”, in 한국구비문학대계 [han'gukgubimunhakdaegye]‎[2], 인천광역시 남구 [incheon'gwang'yeoksi namgu]:
      솔나무, 무신 단풍나무, 그런 활엽수가...
      Sollamu, musin danpungnamu, geureon hwaryeopsu-ga...
      Pine trees, a kind of maple tree, those type of broad leafed trees...

Etymology 2

Sino-Korean word from 武臣.

Pronunciation

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

Proper noun

무신 • (Musin) (hanja 武臣)

  1. (historical) government official serving a military and war

Etymology 3

Sino-Korean word from 戊申.

Pronunciation

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

Proper noun

무신 • (Musin) (hanja 戊申)

  1. The forty-fifth term of the Chinese sexagenary cycle, sometimes glossed as "Earth Monkey" from its associated terms in the Chinese elements and zodiac.
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