아직

Korean

Etymology

First attested in the Worin seokbo (月印釋譜 / 월인석보), 1459, as Middle Korean 아직〮 (Yale: àcík), also attested as 안ᄌᆞᆨ〮 (Yale: àncók), 안직〮 (Yale: àncík). All three MK forms are preserved in various dialects, but only the non-nasal one is accepted in the standard Seoul variety.

Pronunciation

• (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [a̠d͡ʑik̚]

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• Phonetic hangul: [아직]

Romanizations
Revised Romanization?	ajik
Revised Romanization (translit.)?	ajig
McCune–Reischauer?	ajik
Yale Romanization?	acik

Adverb

아직 • (ajik)

1. still

   "아직도 한참 남은 일이라서, 지금은 그것에 대해서 생각하지 않고 있어요"라고 말했다.

   Ajikdo hancham nameun iriraseo, jigeum-eun geugeos-e daehaeseo saenggakhaji anko isseoyorago malhaetda.

   "I'm not currently thinking about it because there's still a long way to go," he said.

2. (with an explicit or implicit negative verb) yet, not yet

   아이가 있습니까? — 아니요, 아직 없습니다.

   Aiga itseumnikka? - Aniyo, ajik eopseumnida.

   Do you have children? — No, not yet.

   해 떴어? — 아직.

   Hae tteosseo? - Ajik.

   Has the sun come up? — Not yet.

Middle Korean

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /à.t͡sík/, [à.d͡ʑík̚]

Adverb

아직〮 (àcík)

1. Alternative form of 안직〮 (àncík, “still; yet; etc.”).