짜구배

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Korean

Pronunciation

Noun

짜구배 (jjagubae)

  1. (Yukjin) mixed-race person (in Yukjin areas, usually a child of a Russian and a Korean or Chinese)
    Synonym: (Standard Korean) 튀기 (twigi)
  2. (Yukjin, by extension) multicultural person
    • 2019, 곽충구 [gwakchunggu, Kwak Chung-gu], 두만강 유역의 조선어 방언 사전 [duman'gang yuyeogui joseoneo bang'eon sajeon, Dictionary of Korean Dialects of the Tumen River Area], volume II, Taehaksa, →ISBN, page 2833:
      연변 사람 자구배 . 조선말 아는 없고 한족 아는 없고. (Yukjin)
      I Yeonbyeon saram da jagubae-ran mar-i-o. I Joseonmar-eu da jal aneun ge eopgo Hanjongmal-du jal aneun ge eopgo.
      All these people in Yanbian are culturally mixed. They don't know Korean well, and they don't know Chinese well either.

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Further reading

  • 곽충구 (2019) 두만강 유역의 조선어 방언 사전 [duman'gang yuyeogui joseoneo bang'eon sajeon, Dictionary of Korean Dialects of the Tumen River Area], volume II, Taehaksa, →ISBN, page 3133