헛걸음

Korean

Etymology

헛- (heot-, “false; in vain”) +‎ 걸음 (georeum, “step”)

Pronunciation

  • (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA(key): [hʌ̹t̚k͈ʌ̹ɾɯm]
  • Phonetic hangul: [헏꺼름]
Romanizations
Revised Romanization?heotgeoreum
Revised Romanization (translit.)?heosgeol'eum
McCune–Reischauer?hŏtkŏrŭm
Yale Romanization?heskel.um

Noun

헛걸음 • (heotgeoreum)

  1. (idiomatic) fruitless undertaking
    고기를 사러 갔는데 정육점이 문을 닫아서 헛걸음이었어.
    gogi-reul sareo ganneunde jeong'yukjeom-i mun-eul dadaseo heotgeoreum-ieosseo.
    We went to buy meat but the butcher's was closed, so it was a pointless trip.
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