Korean

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Etymology

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찌르 (jjireu-, to poke, to pierce) + (-i-, passive suffix) + (-da, suffix conventionally given for citation forms).

Pronunciation

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Romanizations
Revised Romanization?jjillida
Revised Romanization (translit.)?jjillida
McCune–Reischauer?tchillida
Yale Romanization?ccillita

Verb

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찔리다 (jjillida) (infinitive 찔려 or 찔리어, sequential 찔리니)

Korean verb set
Base 찌르다 (jjireuda)
Passive찔리다 (jjillida)
  1. to get (something) pierced; to be stabbed
    해파리에 찔리다
    haeparie jjillida
    to be stung by a jellyfish
  2. to go home to one's heart
    그는 약점을 찔려서는 찍소리도 못했다.
    geuneun yakjeomeul jjillyeoseoneun jjiksorido mothaetda.
    He was at a loss to reply because he had been touched on a weak point.

Conjugation

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