밑지다

Korean

Etymology

First attested in the Beonyeok nogeoldae (飜譯老乞大 / 번역노걸대), 1517, as Middle Korean 믿디다 (Yale: mit-tita), equivalent to 밑 (mit, “bottom”) + 지다 (jida, “to fall”). Compare English bottom falls out.

Pronunciation

• (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [mit̚t͡ɕ͈ida̠]
• Phonetic hangul: [믿찌다]

Romanizations
Revised Romanization?	mitjida
Revised Romanization (translit.)?	mitjida
McCune–Reischauer?	mitchida
Yale Romanization?	mithcita

Verb

밑지다 • (mitjida) (infinitive 밑져 or 밑지어, sequential 밑지니)

1. (intransitive) to make a loss, especially a financial one, compared to the money or effort put in (e.g. so that one has less money than they did beforehand) (in an enterprise, investment, etc.)

   Synonym: 손해(損害) 보다 (sonhae boda)

   Antonym: 남다 (namda)

   이런 고급 상품을 이렇게 싸게 팔면 밑지는 장사지.

   Ireon gogeup sangpum-eul ireoke ssage palmyeon mitjineun jangsaji.

   If you sell these very luxury goods at such a cheap price, you're doing business at a loss.

2. (intransitive, figurative) to be unprofitable for, to be disadvantageous for (especially in a materialistic sense)

   Synonym: 손해(損害) 보다 (sonhae boda)

   부자는 거지와 사랑에 빠져 밑지는 결혼을 했다.

   Buja-neun geoji-wa sarang-e ppajeo mitjineun gyeolhon-eul haetda.

   The rich person fell in love with a beggar and entered into a [financially] unfavorable marriage.

3. (transitive, of an amount of money) to make a financial loss equivalent to such an amount

Conjugation

    Selected forms of the verb 밑지다 (mitjida): vowel-stem, regular

Sentence-final forms
		Formal non-polite (해라체)	Informal non-polite (해체)	Informal polite (해요체)	Formal polite (하십시오체)
Indicative	Non-past	밑진다 mitjinda	밑져 mitjeo	밑져요, 밑지어요 mitjeoyo, mitjieoyo	밑집니다 mitjimnida
	Past	밑졌다 mitjeotda	밑졌어 mitjeosseo	밑졌어요 mitjeosseoyo	밑졌습니다 mitjeotseumnida
Interrogative	Non-past	밑지느냐 mitjineunya	밑져 mitjeo	밑져요, 밑지어요 mitjeoyo, mitjieoyo	밑집니까 mitjimnikka
	Past	밑졌느냐 mitjeonneunya	밑졌어 mitjeosseo	밑졌어요 mitjeosseoyo	밑졌습니까 mitjeotseumnikka
Hortative		밑지자 mitjija	밑져 mitjeo	밑져요, 밑지어요 mitjeoyo, mitjieoyo	밑지십시다 mitjisipsida
Imperative		밑져라, 밑지어라 mitjeora, mitjieora	밑져 mitjeo	밑져요, 밑지어요 mitjeoyo, mitjieoyo	밑집시오 mitjipsio
Assertive		밑지겠다 mitjigetda	밑지겠어 mitjigesseo	밑지겠어요 mitjigesseoyo	밑지겠습니다 mitjigetseumnida
Connective forms
Cause/Reason		밑져 mitjeo	밑져서, 밑지어서 mitjeoseo, mitjieoseo	밑지니 mitjini	밑지니까 mitjinikka
Contrast		밑지지만 mitjijiman	밑지는데 mitjineunde	밑지더니 mitjideoni
Conjunction		밑지고 mitjigo
Condition		밑지면 mitjimyeon	밑져야, 밑지어야 mitjeoya, mitjieoya
Motive		밑지려고 mitjiryeogo
Noun and determiner forms
Verbal nouns		밑짐 mitjim	밑지기 mitjigi
Past-tense verbal nouns		밑졌음, 밑지었음 mitjeosseum, mitjieosseum	밑졌기, 밑지었기 mitjeotgi, mitjieotgi
Determiners	Past	밑진 mitjin
	Present	밑지는 mitjineun
	Future	밑질 mitjil

Sentence-final forms with honorific
		Formal non-polite (해라체)	Informal non-polite (해체)	Informal polite (해요체)	Formal polite (하십시오체)
Indicative	Non-past	밑지신다 mitjisinda	밑지셔 mitjisyeo	밑지세요, 밑지셔요 mitjiseyo, mitjisyeoyo	밑지십니다 mitjisimnida
	Past	밑지셨다 mitjisyeotda	밑지셨어 mitjisyeosseo	밑지셨어요 mitjisyeosseoyo	밑지셨습니다 mitjisyeotseumnida
Interrogative	Non-past	밑지시느냐 mitjisineunya	밑지셔 mitjisyeo	밑지세요, 밑지셔요 mitjiseyo, mitjisyeoyo	밑지십니까 mitjisimnikka
	Past	밑지셨느냐 mitjisyeonneunya	밑지셨어 mitjisyeosseo	밑지셨어요 mitjisyeosseoyo	밑지셨습니까 mitjisyeotseumnikka
Imperative		밑지시라 mitjisira	밑지셔 mitjisyeo	밑지세요 mitjiseyo	밑지십시오 mitjisipsio
Assertive		밑지시겠다 mitjisigetda	밑지시겠어 mitjisigesseo	밑지시겠어요 mitjisigesseoyo	밑지시겠습니다 mitjisigetseumnida
Connective forms with honorific
Cause/Reason		밑지셔 mitjisyeo	밑지셔서 mitjisyeoseo	밑지시니 mitjisini	밑지시니까 mitjisinikka
Contrast		밑지시지만 mitjisijiman	밑지시는데 mitjisineunde	밑지시더니 mitjisideoni
Conjunction		밑지시고 mitjisigo
Condition		밑지시면 mitjisimyeon	밑지셔야 mitjisyeoya
Motive		밑지시려고 mitjisiryeogo
Noun and determiner forms with honorific
Verbal nouns		밑지심 mitjisim	밑지시기 mitjisigi
Past-tense verbal nouns		밑지셨음 mitjisyeosseum	밑지셨기 mitjisyeotgi
Determiners	Past	밑지신 mitjisin
	Present	밑지시는 mitjisineun
	Future	밑지실 mitjisil

Derived terms

• 밑져야 본전이다 (mitjeoya bonjeonida, “to have nothing to lose”)