성화

Korean

Etymology 1

Sino-Korean word from 成 (“to become”) + 火 (“fire”).

Pronunciation

• (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [sʰʌ̹ŋβwa̠]
• Phonetic hangul: [성화]

Romanizations
Revised Romanization?	seonghwa
Revised Romanization (translit.)?	seonghwa
McCune–Reischauer?	sŏnghwa
Yale Romanization?	senghwa

Noun

성화 • (seonghwa) (hanja 成火)

1. pestering; insisting on something one wants to do

   결혼식을 다녀온 아이들은 자기들도 결혼하고 싶다고 성화였다.

   Gyeolhonsig-eul danyeoon ai-deur-eun jagi-deul-do gyeolhonhago sipda-go seonghwa-yeotda.

   The children who had come back from the wedding were loudly insistent that they wanted to get married, too.

Etymology 2

Sino-Korean word from 聖火, from 聖 (“sacred”) + 火 (“fire”).

Pronunciation

• (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [ˈsʰɘ(ː)ŋβwa̠]
• Phonetic hangul: [성(ː)화]
  • Though still prescribed in Standard Korean, most speakers in both Koreas no longer distinguish vowel length.

Romanizations
Revised Romanization?	seonghwa
Revised Romanization (translit.)?	seonghwa
McCune–Reischauer?	sŏnghwa
Yale Romanization?	sēnghwa

Noun

성화 • (seonghwa) (hanja 聖火)

1. sacred flame

   이슬람의 도래 이후 사산조 페르시아의 3대 성화는 모두 소진되었다.

   Iseullam-ui dorae ihu Sasan-jo Pereusia-ui 3-dae seonghwa-neun modu sojindoeeotda.

   After the coming of Islam, the three great sacred flames of Sasanian Persia were all extinguished.

2. Olympic flame

Etymology 3

Sino-Korean word from 聖 (“sacred”) + 畵 (“painting”).

Pronunciation

• (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [ˈsʰɘ(ː)ŋβwa̠]
• Phonetic hangul: [성(ː)화]
  • Though still prescribed in Standard Korean, most speakers in both Koreas no longer distinguish vowel length.

Romanizations
Revised Romanization?	seonghwa
Revised Romanization (translit.)?	seonghwa
McCune–Reischauer?	sŏnghwa
Yale Romanization?	sēnghwa

Noun

성화 • (seonghwa) (hanja 聖畵)

1. (Christianity) religious painting; icon

Etymology 4

Sino-Korean word from 聖化, from 聖 (“sacred”) + 化 (“-ize”).

Pronunciation

• (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [ˈsʰɘ(ː)ŋβwa̠]
• Phonetic hangul: [성(ː)화]
  • Though still prescribed in Standard Korean, most speakers in both Koreas no longer distinguish vowel length.

Romanizations
Revised Romanization?	seonghwa
Revised Romanization (translit.)?	seonghwa
McCune–Reischauer?	sŏnghwa
Yale Romanization?	sēnghwa

Noun

성화 • (seonghwa) (hanja 聖化)

1. making or becoming holy:
   1. (Confucianism) the monarch's moral transformation of his subjects towards virtue
   2. (Christianity) sanctification; the believer's moral transformation by the grace of God