차일피일

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Korean

Etymology

Sino-Korean word from 차일(此日) (chail, this day) + 피일(彼日) (piil, that day).

Pronunciation

Romanizations
Revised Romanization?chailpiil
Revised Romanization (translit.)?chailpiil
McCune–Reischauer?ch'ailp'iil
Yale Romanization?chail.phiil

Ideophone

차일피일 (chailpiil) (hanja 此日彼日)

  1. procrastinating; delaying (as if saying that one will get around to it on “this day or that”)
    다이어트 차일피일 미루고 있다.
    Daieoteu-reul chailpiil mirugo itda.
    He keeps procrastinating over his weight loss plans.