희생

Korean

Etymology

Sino-Korean word from 犧牲.

Pronunciation

  • (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA(key): [çisʰɛŋ] ~ [çisʰe̞ŋ]
    • Audio:(file)
  • Phonetic hangul: [히생/히셍]
Romanizations
Revised Romanization?huisaeng
Revised Romanization (translit.)?huisaeng
McCune–Reischauer?hŭisaeng
Yale Romanization?huysayng

Noun

희생 • (huisaeng) (hanja 犧牲)

  1. sacrifice
  2. life lost due to natural causes or accidents
  3. victim (sacrificed animal)

Derived terms

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