백지

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Korean

Pronunciation

Romanizations
Revised Romanization?baekji
Revised Romanization (translit.)?baegji
McCune–Reischauer?paekchi
Yale Romanization?paykci

Etymology 1

Sino-Korean word from 白紙, from 白 (“white”) + 紙 (“paper”)

Noun

백지 • (baekji) (hanja 白紙)

  1. white paper, paper of white color
  2. blank sheet of paper
  3. (figuratively) square one
    Synonym: 백지상태(白紙狀態) (baekjisangtae)
  4. (figuratively) blank slate, tabula rasa
    Synonym: 백지상태(白紙狀態) (baekjisangtae)

See also

Etymology 2

Sino-Korean word from 白地 (“uncultivated land”).

Noun

백지 • (baekji) (hanja 白地)

  1. (dated) uncultivated land
  2. (dated, figuratively) unevidenced state

Etymology 3

According to the Standard Korean Language Dictionary, a Sino-Korean word from 白地, same as "uncultivated land; unevidenced state". Given the rather unnatural semantics, speculatively compare Mandarin 白白地 (báibái de) with the Mandarin adverbalizing sense of 地 (de), not usual in Sino-Korean.

According to Gyeongnam Bangeon Sajeon, nativisation of the Sino-Korean term 백주 (白晝, baekju, “daytime”), contracted from 백주(白晝)에 (baekjue, “blatantly forcing ”, literally “in broad daylight”)

Noun

백지 • (baekji) (hanja 白地)

  1. Only used in 백지(白地)로 (baekjiro, “(dialectal) in vain, to no avail, pointlessly”).

Adverb

백지 • (baekji) (hanja 白地)

  1. (now usually dialectal) in vain, to no avail, pointlessly
    백지 갔다 아이가. (Gyeongsang dialect, Changwon) ― Baekji gatda aiga. ― Us going was pointless, wasn't it?

Etymology 4

Sino-Korean word from 白芷 (“Angelica dahurica”).

Noun

백지 • (baekji) (hanja 白芷)

  1. Angelica dahurica (a herb used in medicine), or the root thereof

Further reading

  • 경남 방언 사전, volume I, South Gyeongsang Provincial Government, 2017, page 360
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