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Korean
Etymology
Contraction of 지요 (-jiyo).
Suffix
죠 • (-jo)
- isn't it so?; right?
- a sentence-final ending used when the speaker rhetorically confirms something they already knew, in order to cross-check the information
- 오늘 본 영화는 좀 지루했죠? ― oneul bon yeonghwa-neun jom jiruhaetjo? ― The movie we watched today was kind of boring, wasn't it?