수제비

Korean

Alternative forms

  • 더부렁죽 (deobureongjuk), 밀제비 (miljebi), 밀짱국 (miljjangguk), 밀떡국 (miltteokguk), 벙드레죽 (beongdeurejuk), 수지기 (sujigi), 제비 (jebi)Gyeongsang
  • 뜨데기 (tteudegi), 풀떼죽 (pulttejuk)Gangwon
  • 뜨데기 (tteudegi)Seoul
  • 띤죽 (ttinjuk), 밀죽 (miljuk)Jeolla dialect
  • 뚝제빅 (ttukjebik), 풀떼죽 (pulttejuk)Chungcheong
  • 국제비 (gukjebi)Hwanghae
  • 자베기 (jabegi)Jeju
  • 뜨더국 (tteudeoguk)North Korea

Etymology

First attested in the Yeogeo yuhae (譯語類解 / 역어유해), 1690, as Early Modern Korean 슈져비 (Yale: syucyepi). By surface analysis, 수(手) (su, hand) +‎ 접- (jeop-, to fold) +‎ -이 (-i, agent noun suffix).

Pronunciation

Romanizations
Revised Romanization?sujebi
Revised Romanization (translit.)?sujebi
McCune–Reischauer?sujebi
Yale Romanization?swuceypi

Noun

수제비 • (sujebi)

  1. Korean traditional food made by boiling hand-torn dough in clear broth or seaweed soup
    Synonym: 박탁(餺飥) (baktak)