지다
Meanings
Verb
1. to fall; to sink; to set; to go down (of the sun or stars, intransitive)
2. to wither and fall; to scatter; to be scattered (of flowers, also figurative, figuratively, intransitive)
3. to come out (with a wash); to be removed; to be washed off (intransitive)
4. to die; to disappear (uncommon, intransitive)
5. to form; to shape; to occur (intransitive)
6. to become, to get: turns adjectives into processive verbs; expresses change in state. (auxiliary, after the -어/ -아 infinitive, intransitive)
7. forms intransitive or passive verbs from processive verbs; see usage notes. (auxiliary, after the -어/ -아 infinitive, intransitive)
8. suffix which formed intransitive passive constructions; usually the constructions have deviated from the original modern meaning of the verbs. (auxiliary, after the -어/ -아 infinitive, unproductive, intransitive)
9. to carry on one's back; to bear (intransitive, transitive)
10. to undertake; to be charged with (the duty of); to assume (the responsibility of) (figurative, figuratively, intransitive, transitive)
11. to fall into (debt); to incur (a debt) (figurative, figuratively, intransitive, transitive)
12. to be defeated; to lose; to be beaten (intransitive, transitive)
13. to surrender (to); to bow (to) (intransitive, transitive)
14. to be inferior (to); to be second (to) (intransitive, transitive)
Pronunciation
jida
Examples55
10억원의 빚을 지다.
to owe 1 billion won
게임에서 지다
to lose a game
등에 짐을 지다.
to carry a load on one's back
싸움을 지다
to lose a battle
경기에서 지다
to lose a match
나무 아래에 그늘이 졌다.
Shade has formed under the tree.