시민사회

Korean

Etymology

Sino-Korean word from 시민(市民) (simin, “citizen”) + 사회(社會) (sahoe, “society”).

Pronunciation

  • (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA(key): [ˈɕʰi(ː)minsʰa̠βwe̞] ~ [ˈɕʰi(ː)minsʰa̠ɦø̞]
  • Phonetic hangul: [시(ː)민사훼/시(ː)민사회]
    • Though still prescribed in Standard Korean, most speakers in both Koreas no longer distinguish vowel length.
Romanizations
Revised Romanization?siminsahoe
Revised Romanization (translit.)?siminsahoe
McCune–Reischauer?siminsahoe
Yale Romanization?sīminsahoy

Noun

시민사회 • (siminsahoe) (hanja 市民社會)

  1. civil society
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