쭉정이

Korean

Alternative forms

• 죽정이 (jukjeong'i), 죽젱이 (jukjeng'i), 쭉덕 (jjukdeok) — nonstandard
• 쭉젱이 (jjukjeng'i) — Gangwon, Seoul, Jeolla dialect, Pyongan, China
• 쭉제이 (jjukjei) — Gangwon, Jeolla dialect, Hamgyong, Hwanghae, China
• 쭉데기 (jjukdegi) — Gyeongsang, Chungcheong, Hamgyong, China
• 쭉덩이 (jjukdeong'i), 쭉뎅이 (jjukdeng'i), 쭉데이 (jjukdei), 쭉드레기 (jjukdeuregi), 쭉드레미 (jjukdeuremi) — Pyongan, China
• 쭈구랭이 (jjuguraeng'i) — Seoul
• 쭉지이 (jjukjii), 쭈그리기 (jjugeurigi) — Gangwon
• 쭉제 (jjukje), 쭉징이 (jjukjing'i), 쭉떼기 (jjukttegi), 나락부거지 (narakbugeoji) — Jeolla dialect
• 쭉지기 (jjukjigi), 쭉지 (jjukji), 쭉뎅이 (jjukdeng'i), 쭉띠기 (jjukttigi), 쭉디기 (jjukdigi), 쭉디 (jjukdi), 주거리 (jugeori), 꺼끄렁쭉디기 (kkeokkeureongjjukdigi) — Gyeongsang
• 쭉징이 (jjukjing'i), 살쭉징이 (saljjukjing'i) — Chungcheong
• 쭉제 (jjukje), 쭈구레기 (jjuguregi), 주구레기 (juguregi), 쭈구럭 (jjugureok), 쭈그레기 (jjugeuregi), 쭈구렉벼 (jjugurekbyeo), 쭉드레기 (jjukdeuregi), 쭉드러기 (jjukdeureogi), 쯔브러기 (jjeubeureogi), 공개기 (gonggaegi) — Hamgyong
• 쭉디기 (jjukdigi), 쭈구럭 (jjugureok), 쭈구랭이 (jjuguraeng'i), 주구레기 (juguregi) — China

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [t͡ɕ͈uk̚t͡ɕ͈ʌ̹ŋi]
• Phonetic hangul: [쭉쩡이]

Romanizations
Revised Romanization?	jjukjeong'i
Revised Romanization (translit.)?	jjugjeong'i
McCune–Reischauer?	tchukchŏngi
Yale Romanization?	ccwukcengi

Noun

쭉정이 • (jjukjeong'i)

1. grain or fruit having only the chaff or skin and empty inside

   Synonym: 비실(非實) (bisil)

2. (figurative) useless, unproductive person

   Synonyms: 무용지물(無用之物) (muyongjimul), 바지저고리 (bajijeogori), 허수아비 (heosuabi)

   (Can we add an example for this sense?)