피차

Korean

Etymology

Sino-Korean word from 彼此 (“this and that”)

Pronunciation

• (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [ˈpʰi(ː)t͡ɕʰa̠]
• Phonetic hangul: [피(ː)차]
  • Though still prescribed in Standard Korean, most speakers in both Koreas no longer distinguish vowel length.

Romanizations
Revised Romanization?	picha
Revised Romanization (translit.)?	picha
McCune–Reischauer?	p'ich'a
Yale Romanization?	phī.cha

Noun

피차 • (picha) (hanja 彼此)

1. both sides, both parties

   Synonym: 서로 (seoro)

   피차가 득을 볼 수 있도록 ― picha-ga deug-eul bol su itdorok ― so that both sides may benefit

   • 1986, 千(천)寬(관)宇(우), 韓(한)國(국)近(근)代(대)史(사)散(산)策(책) [Journeys in Modern Korean History], page 128:

     近(근)代(대) 일본이 한반도와 중국대륙을 침략한 것 같은 중대하고도 피차에 큰 영향을 끼친 일을 우물우물 생략한다면 그 자체가 왜곡이 되기도 할 것이지만 […]

     If one were to vaguely omit such momentous events that had such a great impact on both sides as Japan's modern invasions of the Korean Peninsula and the Chinese subcontinent, that would in itself be a distortion [of the truth], but […]

Derived terms

• 피차(彼此)없다 (picha'eopda, “to be the same”)
• 피차간(彼此間) (pichagan, “between two sides”)
• 피차일반(彼此一般) (pichailban, “being equal”)

 

Adverb

피차 • (picha) (hanja 彼此)

1. one another, mutually

   Synonym: 서로 (seoro)

   • 2018 November 12, 김광태 [gimgwangtae], 달콤한 제안 [dalkomhan jean, A Sweet Suggestion], →ISBN:

     알고 보면 사람은 피차 도와가면서 사는 것이다

     algo bomyeon saram-eun picha dowagamyeonseo saneun geos-ida

     In the end, people live through helping each other.

2. (in certain phrases) equally, too

   Synonym: 역시(亦是) (yeoksi)

   여기 상황도 피차 마찬가지에요.

   Yeogi sanghwang-do picha machan'gaji-e-yo.

   The situation here is just about the same.