지름길

Korean

Etymology

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

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key)[t͡ɕiɾɯmɡiɭ]
  • Phonetic Hangul[지름길]
Revised Romanization? jireumgil
Revised Romanization (translit.)? jileumgil
McCune–Reischauer? chirŭmgil
Yale Romanization? cilumkil

Noun

지름길 • (jireumgil)

  1. a shortcut
    • 지름길로 가다
      jilimgillo gada
      to take a shortcut

Synonyms
  • 왕도 (wangdo)
  • 빠른 (ppareun) 길
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