갱지

Korean

Pronunciation

• (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [ˈkɛ(ː)ŋd͡ʑi] ~ [ˈke̞(ː)ŋd͡ʑi]
• Phonetic hangul: [갱(ː)지/겡(ː)지]
  • Though still prescribed in Standard Korean, most 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)

1. coarse, low-quality paper (most typically newsprint)

Etymology 2

Sino-Korean word from 更地, an orthographic borrowing from Japanese 更地(さらち) (sarachi).

Noun

갱지 • (gaengji) (hanja 更地)

1. (real estate) type of vacant land where one can freely build something and there are no private law restrictions on construction

   Hypernym: 나지(裸地) (naji, “any vacant land, regardless of private law”)

   Coordinate term: 저지(底地) (jeoji, “vacant land with private law restrictions”)

Derived terms

Derived terms

• 갱지화(更地化) (gaengjihwa, “demolition to free up land”)