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정지 (jeongji)

  1. kitchen

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Korean

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South Korean stop sign.

Etymology 1

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Sino-Korean word from 停止 (stop).

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Romanizations
Revised Romanization?jeongji
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McCune–Reischauer?chŏngji
Yale Romanization?cengci

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정지 (jeongji) (hanja 停止)

  1. stop, halt
  2. suspension, cessation
  3. (Internet) suspension, block
    Synonym: 차단(遮斷) (chadan)
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  • 정지 (停止, jeongji) is used for concrete objects (e.g. people, cars), or for halts imposed externally (e.g. a revoked license, commercial activity halted due to anti-pandemic measures). 중지 (中止, jungji) cannot be used for objects, and has a stronger connotation of being voluntary or at least not forced externally (e.g. a government deciding to halt a certain program, a computer program ceasing to function).
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Interjection

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정지 (jeongji) (hanja 停止)

  1. stop!
    Synonym: ! (seot!)

Etymology 2

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Sino-Korean word from 靜止 (to be still).

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Revised Romanization?jeongji
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정지 (jeongji) (hanja 靜止)

  1. being static; being without movement; (physics) rest
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Etymology 3

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Sino-Korean word from 整地 (to flatten the earth).

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  • (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA(key): [ˈt͡ɕɘ(ː)ŋd͡ʑi]
  • Phonetic hangul: [(ː)]
    • Though still prescribed in Standard Korean, most speakers in both Koreas no longer distinguish vowel length.
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Revised Romanization?jeongji
Revised Romanization (translit.)?jeongji
McCune–Reischauer?chŏngji
Yale Romanization?cēngci

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정지 (jeongji) (hanja 整地)

  1. (construction) flattening the earth
    Synonym: 고르기 (goreugi)
    부지 정지 사업buji jeongji sa'eopwork to level the construction site
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Etymology 4

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정지 (jeongji)

  1. (Gangwon, Jeolla dialect, Gyeongsang, Chungcheong) kitchen
    • 1982 January 18, 김채란 [gimchaeran], “그림의 열녀 [geurimui yeollyeo]”, in 한국구비문학대계 [han'gukgubimunhakdaegye]‎[1], 경상남도 의령군 부림면 [gyeongsangnamdo uiryeonggun burimmyeon]:
      그래서 그날 저녁 정지 하는 사람 벼락겉이 시키 믹이고...
      Geuraeseo geunal jeonyeog-e jeongji baphaneun saram-eul bab-eul byeorakgeochi bab-eul siki ga-a bab-eul migigo...
      The person who was cooking in the kitchen that day had made the rice [as fast as] lightning and fed it [to the husband]...