갱지
Korean
Pronunciation
- (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA(key): [ˈkɛ(ː)ŋd͡ʑi] ~ [ˈke̞(ː)ŋd͡ʑi]
- Phonetic hangul: [갱(ː)지/겡(ː)지]
- Though still prescriptive in Standard Korean, the great majority of speakers (in both Koreas) no longer distinguish vowel length.
| Romanizations | |
|---|---|
| Revised Romanization? | gaengji |
| Revised Romanization (translit.)? | gaengji |
| McCune–Reischauer? | kaengji |
| Yale Romanization? | kāyngci |
Etymology 1
Sino-Korean word from 更 (“again, renewed”) + 紙 (“paper”), because it is mostly recycled.
Noun
갱지 • (gaengji) (hanja 更紙)
- coarse, low-quality paper (most typically newsprint)
Etymology 2
Sino-Korean word from 更地, an orthographic borrowing from Japanese 更地 (sarachi).
Noun
갱지 • (gaengji) (hanja 更地)
- (real estate) type of vacant land where one can freely build something and there are no private law restrictions on construction
- Coordinate term: 저지(底地) (jeoji, “vacant land with private law restrictions”)
- Hypernym: 나지(裸地) (naji, “any vacant land, regardless of private law”)
Derived terms
- 갱지화(更地化) (gaengjihwa, “demolition to free up land”)