정구지
jeongguji
🇰🇷 Korean slang from Busan
What does “정구지” mean?
garlic chives (the Busan word)
Example
“비 오는 날엔 정구지 찌짐이지!”
bi oneun naren jeongguji jjijimiji!
Rainy days call for chive pancakes!
Good to know
찌짐 is Busan for 부침개 (a savoury pancake).
Who you can say it to
Fine with anyone
🌮 Food
The textbook way to say it: 부추
Heard in a conversation
Pork soup at 2 a.m.
Yuri 와, 사람 천지삐까리네. 다 술 묵고 왔는갑다.
Wow, there are tons of people. They must all have come after drinking.
Seungmin 할매요, 국밥 두 개 주이소! 정구지 마이 주이소!
Grandma, two pork soups please! Lots of garlic chives please!
Yuri 와 이리 맛있노! 니 말이 맞다.
Why is this so good! You were right.
🌿 How other countries say “garlic chives”
- 🇰🇷 부추Seoul
More from Busan
- 할매grandma
- 마이a lot
- 무라eat! (go on)
- 밥 묵었나have you eaten? (a way to say hi)
- 돼지국밥pork and rice soup (Busan’s soul food)
- 밀면Busan cold wheat noodles
- 어묵fish cake (Busan’s famous street food)
- 씨앗호떡seed-filled sweet pancake (Busan street snack)
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