고집

Korean

Etymology

Sino-Korean word from 固執, from 固 (“firm”) + 執 (“holding”)

Pronunciation

• (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [ko̞d͡ʑip̚]
• Phonetic hangul: [고집]

Romanizations
Revised Romanization?	gojip
Revised Romanization (translit.)?	gojib
McCune–Reischauer?	kojip
Yale Romanization?	kocip

Noun

고집 • (gojip) (hanja 固執)

1. stubbornness

Synonyms

• 억지 (eokji, “unreasonableness, stubbornness”)
• 옹고집 (壅固執, onggojip, “stubbornness”)

Derived terms

• 고집불통 (固執不通, gojipbultong, “(a person of) great obstinacy”)
• 고집스럽다 (gojipseureopda, “to be stubborn”)
• 고집스레 (gojipseure, “stubbornly”)
• 고집하다 (gojiphada, “to act stubbornly, be obstinate”)