"음치" meaning in Korean

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Noun

IPA: [ɯmt͡ɕʰi] [SK-Standard, Seoul] Forms: eumchi [romanization], 音癡 [hanja]
Etymology: Sino-Korean word from 音癡, from 音 (“sound”) + 癡 (“person with a deficiency”). Etymology templates: {{etymid|ko|音癡}}, {{ko-etym-sino|音|sound|癡|person with a deficiency|suffix=y}} Sino-Korean word from 音癡, from 音 (“sound”) + 癡 (“person with a deficiency”) Head templates: {{ko-noun|hanja=音癡}} 음치 • (eumchi) (hanja 音癡)
  1. one who is tone-deaf Related terms: 몸치(癡) (momchi), 박치(拍癡) (bakchi)

Inflected forms

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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ko",
        "2": "音癡"
      },
      "expansion": "",
      "name": "etymid"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "音",
        "2": "sound",
        "3": "癡",
        "4": "person with a deficiency",
        "suffix": "y"
      },
      "expansion": "Sino-Korean word from 音癡, from 音 (“sound”) + 癡 (“person with a deficiency”)",
      "name": "ko-etym-sino"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Sino-Korean word from 音癡, from 音 (“sound”) + 癡 (“person with a deficiency”).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "eumchi",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "音癡",
      "tags": [
        "hanja"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "hanja": "音癡"
      },
      "expansion": "음치 • (eumchi) (hanja 音癡)",
      "name": "ko-noun"
    }
  ],
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  "lang_code": "ko",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
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        {
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          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Korean terms suffixed with -치 (癡)",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Korean terms with redundant script codes",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
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          "name": "Korean terms with redundant transliterations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
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          "parents": [],
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        },
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        },
        {
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          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "one who is tone-deaf"
      ],
      "id": "en-음치-ko-noun-oppzPiPq",
      "links": [
        [
          "tone-deaf",
          "tone-deaf"
        ]
      ],
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        {
          "roman": "momchi",
          "word": "몸치(癡)"
        },
        {
          "roman": "bakchi",
          "word": "박치(拍癡)"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "[ɯmt͡ɕʰi]",
      "tags": [
        "SK-Standard",
        "Seoul"
      ]
    },
    {
      "hangeul": "음치"
    },
    {
      "other": "[음치]"
    }
  ],
  "word": "음치"
}
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  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ko",
        "2": "音癡"
      },
      "expansion": "",
      "name": "etymid"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "音",
        "2": "sound",
        "3": "癡",
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        "suffix": "y"
      },
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      "name": "ko-etym-sino"
    }
  ],
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        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "音癡",
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        "hanja"
      ]
    }
  ],
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      "args": {
        "hanja": "音癡"
      },
      "expansion": "음치 • (eumchi) (hanja 音癡)",
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    }
  ],
  "lang": "Korean",
  "lang_code": "ko",
  "pos": "noun",
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    {
      "roman": "momchi",
      "word": "몸치(癡)"
    },
    {
      "roman": "bakchi",
      "word": "박치(拍癡)"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
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        "Korean lemmas",
        "Korean nouns",
        "Korean terms suffixed with -치 (癡)",
        "Korean terms with IPA pronunciation",
        "Korean terms with redundant script codes",
        "Korean terms with redundant transliterations",
        "Pages with 1 entry",
        "Pages with entries",
        "Sino-Korean words"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "one who is tone-deaf"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "tone-deaf",
          "tone-deaf"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "[ɯmt͡ɕʰi]",
      "tags": [
        "SK-Standard",
        "Seoul"
      ]
    },
    {
      "hangeul": "음치"
    },
    {
      "other": "[음치]"
    }
  ],
  "word": "음치"
}

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