줴치다

Korean

Etymology

Contraction of 쥐어치다 (jwieochida), from 쥐- (jwi-, to grab)+ -어 (-eo, infinitive suffix) + 치다 (chida, to hit).

Pronunciation

  • (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA(key): [ˈt͡ɕwe̞(ː)t͡ɕʰida̠]
  • Phonetic hangul: [(ː)]
    • Though still prescribed in Standard Korean, most speakers in both Koreas no longer distinguish vowel length.
Romanizations
Revised Romanization?jwechida
Revised Romanization (translit.)?jwechida
McCune–Reischauer?chwech'ida
Yale Romanization?cwēy.chita

Verb

줴치다 • (jwechida) (infinitive 줴쳐 or 줴치어, sequential 줴치니)

  1. (North Korea, officialese) to make a noise, to ramble
    볼튼이 줴친 유엔안보리사회 《결의
    the UNSC "resolutions" Bolton made noise about
    우리 공화국절멸줴친
    uri gonghwagugui jeolmyeoreul jwechin
    rambling on about destroying our republic

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