지척

Korean

Etymology

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)

somewhere within a very short distance
부모님 이 지척에 계신데도 만나뵙기 어렵다.
Bumonim-i jicheog-e gyesindedo mannaboepgi eoryeopda.
It is difficult to see my parents even though they are very nearby.

이곳 은 중공업 도시 라 지척에 깔린 게 공장 이다.
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):
  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):
  靑(쳥)天(쳔) 구름 박긔 놉히 ᄯᅥᆺ ᄂᆞᆫ 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, volume 64, pages 30—33:
  그런데 정작 우리 사는 곳 지척에 있는 건물 을 누가 어떻게 지었는지 에 대해서는 관심 이 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.

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