짜구배

Korean

Pronunciation

• (Yukjin) IPA^(key): /t͡s͈aɡubɛ́/

Noun

짜구배 • (jjagubae)

1. (Yukjin) mixed-race person (in Yukjin areas, usually a child of a Russian and a Korean or Chinese)

   Synonym: (Standard Korean) 튀기 (twigi)

2. (Yukjin, by extension) multicultural person
   • 2019, 곽충구 [gwakchunggu, Kwak Chung-gu], 두만강 유역의 조선어 방언 사전 [duman'gang yuyeogui joseoneo bang'eon sajeon, Dictionary of Korean Dialects of the Tumen River Area], volume II, Taehaksa, →ISBN, page 2833:

     이 연변 사람 다 자구배란 말이오. 이 조선말으 다 잘 아는 게 없고 한족말두 잘 아는 게 없고. (Yukjin)

     I Yeonbyeon saram da jagubae-ran mar-i-o. I Joseonmar-eu da jal aneun ge eopgo Hanjongmal-du jal aneun ge eopgo.

     All these people in Yanbian are culturally mixed. They don't know Korean well, and they don't know Chinese well either.

Alternative forms

• 자구배 (jagubae)

Further reading

• 곽충구 [Kwak Chung-gu] (2019) 두만강 유역의 조선어 방언 사전 [duman'gang yuyeogui joseoneo bang'eon sajeon, Dictionary of Korean Dialects of the Tumen River Area], volume II, Taehaksa, →ISBN, page 3133