새벽

Korean

Alternative forms

Etymology

Of native Korean origin.

Pronunciation

  • (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA(key): [sʰɛbjʌ̹k̚] ~ [sʰe̞bjʌ̹k̚]
  • Phonetic hangul: [/]
Romanizations
Revised Romanization?saebyeok
Revised Romanization (translit.)?saebyeog
McCune–Reischauer?saebyŏk
Yale Romanization?saypyek

Noun

새벽 • (saebyeok)

  1. dawn; daybreak; cockcrow (also used to indicate time of the day, approximately from 1:00 a.m. to 3:00 a.m.)
    새벽 세 시에
    saebyeok se si-e
    at three in the morning

Synonyms

  • 닭우리 (dalguri, “cockcrow, dawn, daybreak”) (obsolete)
  • 동트기 (트기, dongteugi, “east-crack, crack of dawn”)
  • 갓밝이 (gatbalgi, “dawn, daybreak”)
  • 밝이 (balgi, “dawn, daybreak”)
  • 밝을녘 (balgeullyeok, “verge of daybreak”)
  • 샐녘 (saellyeok, “verge of daybreak”)
  • 해돋이 (haedoji, “sunrise”)
  • 여명 (黎明, yeomyeong, “dawn, daybreak”)

Antonyms

Derived terms

  • 새벽녘 (saebyeongnyeok): verge of dawn
  • 새벽달 (saebyeokdal): moon at dawn
  • 새벽닭 (saebyeokdak): cock at dawn
  • 새벽바람 (saebyeokbaram): wind at dawn
  • 새벽밥 (saebyeokbap): meal at dawn
  • 새벽일 (saebyeogil): work at dawn
  • 새벽잠 (saebyeokjam): sleep at dawn
  • 새벽종 (saebyeokjong): bell at dawn
Related nouns
Related verbs
  • 해돋다 (haedotda): (sun) To rise
  • 해뜨다 (haetteuda): (sun) To rise
  • 해넘어가다 (haeneomeogada): (sun) To set
  • 해지다 (haejida): (sun) To set
  • 날저물다 (naljeomulda): (day) To end
  • 날밝다 (nalbakda): (day) To brighten
  • 날새다 (nalsaeda): (daylight) To leak
  • 닭울다 (dalgulda): (cock) To crow
  • 동트다 (dongteuda): (east) To break

See also

  • (nat, “daytime”)
  • (bam, “night”)
  • 아침 (achim, “morning, after sunrise”)
  • 저녁 (jeonyeok, “evening, after sunset”)
  • (nol, “sunrise, sunset, glow”)
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