Word details
집
- Pronunciation
- 집
- Part of speech
- noun
- Vocabulary level
- beginner
- Homonyms
- 2
- Application
- 집이 [지비 ]
집도 [집또 ]
집만 [짐만 ]
house
A structure built by a human or animal to serve as protection from cold, heat, etc., and as a place to live in.
house
A unit of counting houses built by humans or animals to live in.
family
A group of people that form a family.
case; holster; sheath
An item that is made for the purpose of holding a sword, gun, glasses, etc.
controlled point; surrounded point
In the game of go, an empty space on the board that a player surrounds with his/her stones to keep his/her opponent's stones from entering.
controlled point; surrounded point
In the game of go, a unit of counting empty spaces on the board that a player surrounds with his/her stones to keep his/her opponent's stones from entering.
store; shop
The word that means 'a store that sells products' or 'a store that is in operation.'
Idioms
집(을) 나다
get out of one's home
To leave far away from home.
집(이) 나다
A house is offered
For a house to be put up for sale.
A controlled point is built
To occupy squares in the game of go.
Proverbs
집 떠나면 고생이다
You will go through sufferings if you leave home
You will find staying at your home comfortable because leaving your home and going around to a lot of places will exhaust you.
집도 절도 없다
have no house or temple
To wander from place to place without one's own house or fortune.
집에서 새는 바가지는 들에 가도 샌다
A cracked gourd bowl at your home will still leak even if you bring it to the field
An ill-mannered person tends to behave in such a manner wherever he/she goes.