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Korean
Pronunciation
| Romanizations |
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| Revised Romanization? | jwi |
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| Revised Romanization (translit.)? | jwi |
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| McCune–Reischauer? | chwi |
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| Yale Romanization? | cwi |
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Etymology 1
First attested in the Yongbi eocheon'ga (龍飛御天歌 / 용비어천가), 1447, as Middle Korean 쥐〮 (Yale: cwúy). From Old Korean 鼠矣 (*CWuy).
Noun
쥐 • (jwi)
- rat, mouse, (in general) rodent
- 조용한 고양이가 쥐를 잡는다. ― Joyonghan goyang'i-ga jwi-reul jamneunda. ― The quiet cat catches the mouse.
Derived terms
- 겨울잠쥐 (gyeouljamjwi, “Japanese dormouse”)
- 땃쥐 (ttatjwi, “Ussuri white-toed shrew”)
- 동면쥐류 (dongmyeonjwiryu, “dormouse”)
- 두더쥐 (dudeojwi, “mole, vole”)
- 뒤쥐 (dwijwi, “shrew”)
- 들쥐 (deuljwi, “field mouse”)
- 비단털쥐 (bidanteoljwi, “greater long-tailed hamster”)
- 생쥐 (saengjwi, “mouse”)
- 숲쥐 (supjwi, “woodrat”)
- 습지쌀쥐 (seupjissaljwi, “marsh rice rat”)
- 시궁쥐 (sigungjwi, “brown rat, gutter rat”)
- 쥐구멍 (jwigumeong, “mousehole”)
- 쥐덫 (jwideot, “mousetrap”)
- 쥐새끼 (jwisaekki, “sly dog”)
- 쥐색 (jwisaek, “grey, mousy”)
- 쥐약 (jwiyak, “rat poison”)
- 쥐젖 (jwijeot, “skin tag, small wart”)
- 집쥐 (jipjwi, “common house mouse”)
- 다람쥐 (daramjwi, “chipmunk”)
- 박쥐 (bakjwi, “bat”)
Etymology 2
Of native Korean origin.
Noun
쥐 • (jwi)
- cramp
- 쥐가 나다 ― jwi-ga nada ― to get a cramp
Etymology 3
Borrowed from English gee.
Noun
쥐 • (jwi)
- The name of the Latin-script letter G/g.
Coordinate terms
- (Latin-script letter names) 에이 (ei), 비 (bi), 씨 (ssi), 디 (di), 이 (i), 에프 (epeu), 쥐 (jwi), 에이치 (eichi) 아이 (ai), 제이 (jei), 케이 (kei), 엘 (el), 엠 (em), 엔 (en), 오 (o), 피 (pi), 큐 (kyu), 알 (al), 에스 (eseu), 티 (ti), 유 (yu), 브이 (beu'i), 더블유 (deobeuryu), 엑스 (ekseu), 와이 (wai), 제드 (jedeu)/지 (ji) (Category: ko:Latin letter names)