터지다

Korean

Etymology

First attested in the Worin seokbo (月印釋譜 / 월인석보), 1459, as Middle Korean ᄩᅥ디다 (Yale: ptheti-ta).

Pronunciation

  • (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA(key): [ˈtʰɘ(ː)d͡ʑida̠]
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  • Phonetic hangul: [터(ː)지다]
    • Though still prescribed in Standard Korean, most speakers in both Koreas no longer distinguish vowel length.
Romanizations
Revised Romanization?teojida
Revised Romanization (translit.)?teojida
McCune–Reischauer?t'ŏjida
Yale Romanization?thēcita

Verb

터지다 • (teojida) (infinitive 터져 or 터지어, sequential 터지니)

  1. (intransitive)
    1. (also figuratively) to burst; to explode
      코피가 터지다 ― kopi-ga teojida ― to have a nosebleed
    2. (of a war, etc.) to break out
      Synonym: 발발(勃發)하다 (balbalhada)
      전쟁이 터지다 ― jeonjaeng-i teojida ― for a war to erupt
    3. (of an emotion) to burst out (e.g. of anger)
      분노가 터지다 ― bunno-ga teojida ― to burst out of anger
    4. to burst into (tears, laughter, applause, etc.)
      관객들의 웃음이 터져 나왔다. ― Gwan'gaek-deur-ui useum-i teojeo nawatda. ― The audience burst into laughter.
  2. (auxiliary, after the infinitive) Synonym of 빠지다 (ppajida)

Conjugation

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