요사이
Korean
Etymology
From Middle Korean 요ᄉᆞ이 (yoso.i). First attested in the Seokbo sangjeol (釋譜詳節 / 석보상절), 1447, as Middle Korean 요ᄉᆞᅀᅵ (Yale: yosozi), a compound of 요 (yo) + ᄉᆞᅀᅵ (sozi).
Pronunciation
- (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA(key): [josʰa̠i]
- Phonetic hangul: [요사이]
Romanizations | |
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Revised Romanization? | yosai |
Revised Romanization (translit.)? | yosai |
McCune–Reischauer? | yosai |
Yale Romanization? | yosai |
Adverb
요사이 • (yosai)
- recently
- after 1795, 李洙 (I Su) [Lee Soo] et al., chapter 7, in 重刊老乞大諺解 (Junggan Nogeoldae Eonhae) [Reprinted Nogeoldae, with Korean Interpretation]Ogura Coll. Asami Coll., volume 1, page 15:
- 요ᄉᆞ이 아ᄂᆞᆫ 사ᄅᆞᆷ이 이셔 와 니ᄅᆞ되 / ᄆᆞᆯ 갑시 요ᄉᆞ이 죠하
- yosoi anon salom-i isye wa nilotwoy / mol kaps-i yosoi cyoha
- Recently a man I know has come and said, / the price of horses has been good recently
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