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Korean
Etymology
First attested in the Worin seokbo (月印釋譜 / 월인석보), 1459, as Middle Korean 즈ᇫ〯 (Yale: cǔz). From Old Korean 皃 (*CUS), but the phonologically opaque nature of the orthography means that the only thing that can be said about the Old Korean form was that its coda consonant was *-s. The Old and Middle Korean word primarily meant "appearance"; "visage"; "shape", including both static appearance and dynamic behavior. The modern Korean term refers only to the latter.
Another semantic shift appears to have occurred at some point. The Old Korean word is attested primarily in positive contexts, but by the Middle Korean period it was often negative. In Modern Korean the word virtually always has a negative connotation.
Pronunciation
- (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA(key):
- Phonetic hangul:
- Though still prescribed in Standard Korean, most speakers in both Koreas no longer distinguish vowel length.
| Romanizations |
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| Revised Romanization? | jit |
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| Revised Romanization (translit.)? | jis |
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| McCune–Reischauer? | chit |
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| Yale Romanization? | cīs |
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Noun
짓 • (jit)
- (chiefly negative) a physical act or movement
- 이게 뭐 하는 짓이니?! ― Ige mwo haneun jisini?! ― What are you doing?!
Derived terms
- 개짓 (gaejit)
- 걸음짓 (georeumjit)
- 고갯짓 (gogaetjit)
- 곤댓짓 (gondaetjit)
- 군짓 (gunjit)
- 꿍꿍이짓 (kkungkkung'ijit)
- 날갯짓 (nalgaetjit)
- 노랑이짓 (norang'ijit)
- 눈짓 (nunjit)
- 다릿짓 (daritjit)
- 도깨비짓 (dokkaebijit)
- 등신짓 (deungsinjit)
- 딴짓 (ttanjit)
- 머릿짓 (meoritjit)
- 몸짓 (momjit)
- 바보짓 (babojit)
- 발짓 (baljit)
- 배냇짓 (baenaetjit)
- 별짓 (byeoljit)
- 상모짓 (sangmojit)
- 손사랫짓 (sonsaraetjit)
- 손짓 (sonjit)
- 어깻짓 (eokkaetjit)
- 엉덩잇짓 (eongdeong'itjit)
- 우스갯짓 (useugaetjit)
- 웃음엣짓 (useumetjit)
- 입짓 (ipjit)
- 좀짓 (jomjit)
- 짓거리 (jitgeori)
- 짓둥이 (jitdung'i)
- 짓시늉 (jitsinyung)
- 짓짓이 (jitjisi)
- 짓쩍다 (jitjjeokda)
- 짓하다 (jithada)
- 턱짓 (teokjit)
- 팔짓 (paljit)
- 허튼짓 (heoteunjit)
- 헛짓 (heotjit)
- 활갯짓 (hwalgaetjit)
Middle Korean
Noun
짓〮 (cís)
- Isolated form spelling of 짗〮 (cích, “feather”)