쪼매
jjomae
🇰🇷 Korean slang from Busan
What does “쪼매” mean?
a little bit
Example
“쪼매만 기다리라.”
jjomaeman gidarira.
Wait just a little.
Who you can say it to
Fine with anyone
☕ Everyday
The textbook way to say it: 조금
Heard in a conversation
The wrong bus
Dain 뭐라카노! 영화 시작하는데. 퍼뜩 택시 타라.
What are you on about! The movie's starting. Grab a taxi, quick.
Haneul 택시비 쪼매 아깝다. 내캉 같이 다음 거 보자, 어데?
A taxi's a bit of a waste. Watch the next one with me, how about it?
Dain 아이다, 표 벌써 샀다. 쌔빠지게 줄 섰는데.
No, I already bought the tickets. I queued like crazy for them.
🤏 How other countries say “a little bit”
- 🇰🇷 조금Seoul
More from Busan
- 머하노what are you doing?; what's up?
- 와why?
- 억수로really, super
- 단디carefully, properly
- 뭐라카노what are you on about?
- 가가가is it that kid?
- 고마just (stop it); enough already
- 아이다no; it's not
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