실직

Korean

Etymology

Sino-Korean word from 失職, from 失 (“lose”) + 職 (“job”). Cognate with Japanese 失職(しっしょく) (shisshoku).

Pronunciation

Romanizations
Revised Romanization?siljik
Revised Romanization (translit.)?siljig
McCune–Reischauer?silchik
Yale Romanization?silqcik

Noun

실직 • (siljik) (hanja 失職)

  1. unemployment, loss of a job, joblessness
    그녀는 1년 동안 실직 상태였다. ― Geunyeo-neun il-lyeon dong'an siljik sangtae-yeotda. ― She had been out of work for a year.

Derived terms

Verbs
Nouns
  • 실직자(失職者) (siljikja)
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