겨를

Korean

Etymology

Of native Korean origin.

Pronunciation

• (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [kjʌ̹ɾɯɭ]
• Phonetic hangul: [겨를]

Romanizations
Revised Romanization?	gyeoreul
Revised Romanization (translit.)?	gyeoleul
McCune–Reischauer?	kyŏrŭl
Yale Romanization?	kyelul

Noun

겨를 • (gyeoreul)

1. leisure, spare time, appropriation, readiness (to do something else)

Alternative forms

• (obsolete) 겨르 (gyeoreu)

Synonyms

• 짬 (jjam): leisure, spare time, chance, opportunity
• 틈 (teum): gap, leisure, spare time, chance
• 기회 (機會, gihoe): chance, opportunity
• 시기 (時機, sigi): chance, opportunity
• 한가 (閑暇, han'ga): leisure
• 찬스 (chanseu): chance

Derived terms

Derived terms

• 겨르로이 (gyeoreuroi): (obsolete) at leisure
• 겨르롭다 (gyeoreuropda): (obsolete) to be at leisure
• 겨를없다 (gyeoreureopda): to have no spare time
• 겨를있다 (gyeoreuritda): to be at leisure

Related terms

• 결 (gyeol): layer, ply, texture; vicinity, verge, moment
• 곁 (gyeot): neighborhood, vicinity, verge

See also

• 때 (ttae): time, moment, duration
• 참 (cham): time, moment
• 동안 (dong'an): duration
• 사이 (sai): duration, interval, gap