사후세계

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Korean

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Etymology

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Sino-Korean word from 사후(死後) (sahu, after death) + 세계(世界) (segye, world).

Pronunciation

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  • (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA(key): [ˈsʰa̠(ː)βu sʰe̞(ː)ɡje̞] ~ [ˈsʰa̠(ː)βu sʰe̞(ː)ɡe̞]
  • Phonetic hangul: [(ː) (ː)/(ː) (ː)]
    • Though still prescribed in Standard Korean, most speakers in both Koreas no longer distinguish vowel length.
Romanizations
Revised Romanization?sahu segye
Revised Romanization (translit.)?sahu segye
McCune–Reischauer?sahu segye
Yale Romanization?sāhwu sēykyey

Noun

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사후세계 (sahusegye) (hanja 死後世界)

  1. life after death, the afterlife, the world to come
    대부분 종교 사후세계 존재함 상정한다.
    Daebubun-ui jonggyo-neun sahusegye-ga jonjaeham-eul sangjeonghanda.
    Most religions postulate the existence of an afterlife.