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공치다

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Korean

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Etymology

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공(空) (gong, empty, Sino-Korean morpheme) +‎ 치다 (chida).

Pronunciation

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Romanizations
Revised Romanization?gongchida
Revised Romanization (translit.)?gongchida
McCune–Reischauer?kongch'ida
Yale Romanization?kongchita

Verb

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공치다 (gongchida) (infinitive 공쳐 or 공치어, sequential 공치니, hanja 空치다)

  1. (transitive) to fail to do or accomplish
    Synonyms: 허탕치다 (heotangchida), 실패(失敗)하다 (silpaehada), 헛발치다 (heotbalchida)
    지난 며칠 매일 오로라 보러 나갔지만 구름 때문 공쳤다.
    Jinan myeochil gan maeil bam orora-reul boreo nagatjiman neul gureum ttaemun-e gongcheotda.
    [We] went out every night to see the aurora for the past few days, but [we] always failed because of clouds.

Conjugation

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