지척

Korean

Etymology

Sino-Korean word from 咫尺.

Pronunciation

• (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [t͡ɕit͡ɕʰʌ̹k̚]
• Phonetic hangul: [지척]

Romanizations
Revised Romanization?	jicheok
Revised Romanization (translit.)?	jicheog
McCune–Reischauer?	chich'ŏk
Yale Romanization?	ci.chek

Noun

지척 • (jicheok) (hanja 咫尺)

1. somewhere within a very short distance

   부모님이 지척에 계신데도 만나뵙기 어렵다.

   Bumonim-i jicheog-e gyesindedo mannaboepgi eoryeopda.

   It is difficult to see my parents even though they are very nearby.

   이곳은 중공업도시라 지척에 깔린 게 공장이다.

   Igos-eun junggong'eopdosira jicheog-e kkallin ge gongjang-ida.

   This place is a heavy industries-focused city, so factories are everywhere nearby.

   • c. 1695, Jeong Cheol, “續(속)美(미)人(인)曲(곡)”, in 松(송)江(강)歌(가)辭(사) [Gasa songs of Songgang]:

     山(산)川(쳔)이 어둡거니 日(일)月(월)을 엇디 보며 / 咫(지)尺(쳑)을 모ᄅᆞ거든 千(쳔)里(리)ᄅᆞᆯ ᄇᆞ라보랴.

     sanchyeon-i eodupgeoni irwor-eul eotdi bomyeo / jichyeog-eul moreugeodeun chyeolli-reul baraborya

     Since the hills and streams are dark, how am I to see the sun and moon / And since I do not know what is nearby, how shall I gaze a thousand leagues away?

   • c. 1790, 樂學拾零 (Akhak Seumnyeong) [Tidbits of the Musical Sciences]:

     靑(쳥)天(쳔) 구름 박긔 놉히 ᄯᅥᆺᄂᆞᆫ 白(ᄇᆡᆨ)松(숑)骨(골)이 / 四(ᄉᆞ)方(방) 千(쳔)里(리)를 咫(지)尺(쳑)만 너기ᄂᆞᆫᄃᆡ

     chyeongchyeon gureum bakg-ui nophi tteonneun baeksyonggor-i / sabang chyeolli-reul jichyeong-man neogineundae

     The white falcon soaring beyond the blue sky's clouds / considers a thousand leagues in all directions to be close by

   • 2020, 이명식 [imyeongsik], “건축산업, 새로운 가능성 [geonchuksaneop, saeroun ganeungseong, The architecture industry: New possibilities]”, in Geonchuk‎^[1], volume 64, pages 30—33:

     그런데 정작 우리 사는 곳 지척에 있는 건물을 누가 어떻게 지었는지에 대해서는 관심이 없다.

     Geureonde jeongjak uri saneun got jicheog-e inneun geonmur-eul nuga eotteoke jieonneunji-e daehaeseoneun gwansim-i eopda.

     But really, we are not interested in who built the buildings that exist very close to where we live, and how.