식혜

Korean

Etymology

Sino-Korean word from 食醯, from 食 (食, “food”) + 醯 (醯, “vinegar, ferment”)

Pronunciation

  • (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA(key): [ɕʰikçe̞] ~ [ɕʰikʰe̞]
  • Phonetic hangul: [시켸/시케]
Romanizations
Revised Romanization?sikhye
Revised Romanization (translit.)?sighye
McCune–Reischauer?sikhye
Yale Romanization?sik.hyey

Noun

식혜 • (sikhye) (hanja 食醯)

  1. sikhye (a sweet dessert beverage made from barley and rice, sometimes served with pine nuts)

See also

  • 감주 (gamju)
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