신호등

Korean

Etymology

Sino-Korean word from 信號燈 (“traffic lights, signal light”)

Pronunciation
  • (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA(key): [ˈɕʰi(ː)nβo̞dɯŋ]
  • Phonetic hangul: [신(ː)호등]
    • Though still prescribed in Standard Korean, most speakers in both Koreas no longer distinguish vowel length.
Romanizations
Revised Romanization?sinhodeung
Revised Romanization (translit.)?sinhodeung
McCune–Reischauer?sinhodŭng
Yale Romanization?sīn.hotung

Noun

신호등 • (sinhodeung) (hanja 信號燈)

  1. traffic lights, signal light
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