중세

중세

Korean

Etymology

Sino-Korean word from 中世, from 中 (“middle”) + 世 (“era”)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key)[t͡ɕuŋsʰe̞]
• Phonetic Hangul[중세]

Revised Romanization? jungse Revised Romanization (translit.)? jungse McCune–Reischauer? chungse Yale Romanization? cwungsey

Noun

중세 • (jungse) (hanja 中世)

1. Middle Ages; the medieval era

Coordinate terms

• 고대 (godae, “antiquity”)
• 근대 (geundae, “modernity”)
• 현대 (hyeondae, “contemporary times”)

Derived terms

• 중세국어 (jungsegugeo, “Middle Korean”)