질

• (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [t͡ɕiɭ]
• Phonetic hangul: [질]

Sino-Korean word from 質 (“substance; quality”)

질 • (jil) (hanja 質)

1. quality

   Coordinate term: 양(量) (yang, “quantity”)

   질이 나쁜 종이 ― jir-i nappeun jong'i ― bad-quality paper

   우리는 질 좋은 포도주를 마셨다. ― Uri-neun jil jo'eun podoju-reul masyeotda. ― We had some good-quality wine.

2. nature, disposition

   뛰어나게 질이 좋은 학생 ― ttwieonage jir-i jo'eun haksaeng ― an exceptionally brilliant student

   그는 보기와는 달리 질이 나쁜 사람이다.

   Geu-neun bogi-wa-neun dalli jir-i nappeun saram-ida.

   Unlike his appearance, he is a bad person.

   어머니는 내가 질이 안 좋은 친구들과 어울리는 것을 싫어하셨다.

   Eomeoni-neun nae-ga jir-i an jo'eun chin'gu-deul-gwa eoullineun geos-eul sireo-hasyeotda.

   My mother didn't like me hanging around with a bad crowd.

3. matter

   식물 질 ― singmul jil ― vegetable matter

• See the hanja entry at 質 for Sino-Korean compounds of 질 (質, jil).

Sino-Korean word from 膣 (“vagina”).

질 • (jil) (hanja 膣)

1. (anatomy) vagina

   Synonym: (vulgar) 보지 (boji)

• See the hanja entry at 膣 for Sino-Korean compounds of 질 (膣, jil).

See the main entries. Palatalization of /ki-/ is the norm in southern and eastern dialects.

Standard Korean 길 (gil, “breaking in”) was formed by hypercorrection in response to this. The original 질 (jil) form is therefore retained by dialects throughout Korea, including those which do not undergo palatalization.

질 • (jil)

1. Hamgyong, Gyeongsang, Jeolla dialect, and Gangwon form of 길 (gil, all definitions).

   근데 여기 소남기 저 앞에 가면 질가에 핵교가 있는데 (Gangwon, Goseong)

   geunde yeogi sonamgi jeo ap-e ga-myeon jilga'e haekgyo-ga inneunde

   But if you walk ahead of the pine tree over here, there is a school by the road

2. Dialectal form of 길 (gil, “(of animals, tools) being broken in”).

Sino-Korean word from 帙 (“folding case, wrapper”)

질 • (jil) (hanja 帙)

1. folding case, wrapper (for books)
2. Classifier for a set of books. volume

• See the hanja entry at 帙 for Sino-Korean compounds of 질 (帙, jil).

Possibly from 질다 (jilda, “soft, watery”)

질 • (jil)

1. potter's clay; unglazed clay

• 질그릇 (jilgeureut, “pottery, earthenware”)

Sino-Korean word from 秩 (“official ranks; official salaries”)

질 • (jil) (hanja 秩)

1. (historical) official ranks; official salaries

• See the hanja entry at 秩 for Sino-Korean compounds of 질 (秩, jil).

Compare 질질 (jiljil, ideophonic root for spilling liquid).

질 • (jil)

1. (ginseng-harvesters' cant) soy sauce

   Synonym: 간장 (ganjang)

See the main entries.

질 • (jil)

1. irrealis adnominal of 지다 (jida, all definitions): see 지다 (jida), 을 (-eul).
2. irrealis adnominal of 질다 (jilda, “to be squishy”): see 질다 (jilda), 을 (-eul).

Modern Korean reading of various Chinese characters.

질 (jil)