English–Korean

“traffic jam” in Korean

Korean

Also교통체증 (kyotongchejeung)

Romanizationcheongche

오늘 정체로 차가 많이 막혔어요.o neul cheong che ro cha ga ma ni ma kyeo sseo yo

There was a traffic jam today, so the cars were moving very slowly.

“Traffic jam” in Korean is 정체 (cheongche).

A moving stream gets clogged so that progress slows or stops.

고속도로에서 사고로 정체가 심했어요.ko sok tto ro e seo sa go ro cheong che ga sim hae sseo yo

There was heavy traffic congestion on the highway because of an accident.

In traffic updates, this word names the blocked flow itself instead of describing each vehicle as unable to move.

kyotongchejeung

nountraffic jam

오늘 아침 교통체증이 심해서 늦었어요.o neul a chim kyo tong che jeung i sim hae seo neu seo sseo yo

This morning, the traffic jam was so bad that I was late.