지름길

Korean

Etymology

From 지름 (jireum, “taking shorter”), nominalization of 지르다 (jireuda) + 길 (gil, “road”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [t͡ɕiɾɯmɡiɭ]

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IPA(key)	[t͡ɕiɾɯmɡiɭ]
Phonetic Hangul	지름길
Romanizations
RR	jireumgil
RR (translit.)	jileumgil
MC	chirŭmgil
Yale	cilumkil

Noun

지름길 • (jireumgil)

1. a shortcut
   • 지름길로 가다

     jilimgillo gada

     to take a shortcut

Synonyms

• 왕도 (wangdo)
• 빠른 (ppareun) 길