Etymology

First attested in the Worin seokbo (月印釋譜 / 월인석보), 1459, as Middle KoreanCategory:Korean terms inherited from Middle Korean#쥐다Category:Korean terms derived from Middle Korean#쥐다 쥐〯다〮 (Yale: cwǔy-tá).Category:Native Korean words#쥐다

Pronunciation

• (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [ˈt͡ɕɥi(ː)da̠] ~ [ˈt͡ɕy(ː)da̠]Category:Korean terms with long vowels in the first syllable#쥐다Category:Korean terms with long vowels in the first syllable#쥐다
• Phonetic hangul: [쥐(ː)다]
  • Though still prescribed in Standard Korean, most speakers in both Koreas no longer distinguish vowel length.

Verb

쥐다 • (jwida) (infinitive 쥐어, sequential 쥐니)Category:Korean lemmas#쥐다Category:Korean verbs#쥐다Category:Korean terms with redundant script codes#쥐다Category:Korean terms with redundant transliterations#쥐다Category:Korean entries with incorrect language header#쥐다Category:Pages with entries#쥐다Category:Pages with 1 entry#쥐다 (transitiveCategory:Korean transitive verbs#쥐다)

1. to clench
2. to grasp, to grab, to hold, to squeeze

   손으로 쥐고 놓지 않다 ― son-euro jwigo nochi anta ― to hold something in one's hand and not let it goCategory:Korean terms with usage examples#쥐다

   그래서 그는 격자 무늬 어깨걸이를 벗고, 몸을 구부려 양 꼬리를 쥐고 당겼다.

   Geuraeseo geu-neun gyeokja munui eokkaegeori-reul beotgo, mom-eul guburyeo yang kkori-reul jwigo danggyeotda.

   So he took off his plaid, and bent down and took hold of the sheep's tail, and he pulled!

   Category:Korean terms with usage examples#쥐다

   1895, Joseph Jacobs (ed.), 《More Celtic Fairy Tales》 〈The Tail〉(The original sentence in English)

3. to grab, to take hold of, to control, to have power to do as one wishes
4. to have (evidence, etc.)
5. to make, to have, to earn or have (money, wealth, etc.)