Korean word

친정

Pronunciation

Romanizationchinjeong

Meaning

  • nounparents' home

Example

이번 주말에 친정에 다녀올 거예요.i beon chu ma re chin jeong e ta nyeo ol kkeo ye yo

I'll visit my parents this weekend.

Illustration for 친정 (parents' home)

More examples

오랜만에 친정에서 하룻밤 묵었어요.o raen ma ne chin jeong e seo ha rut ppam mu geo sseo yo

I stayed overnight at my parents' home for the first time in a long while.

Core concept

A married woman's original family home as a destination for visits or returning home.

Common phrases

  • 친정에서 묵다chin jeong e seo muk tta

    stay at one's parents' home

  • 친정이 그립다chin jeong i keu rip tta

    miss one's parents' home

  • 친정에 다녀오다chin jeong e ta nyeo o da

    visit one's parents' home

Similar words

본가ponga: The original family home where a person grew up.
시댁sidaek: The home of a husband's parents and their family.
부모님 집pumonim chip: The home where someone's parents live.

Definition in Korean

혼인한 여성이 부모님 집이나 자라온 집을 가리키는 말로, 방문이나 귀향을 말할 때 자주 쓰이는 명사ho nin han yeo seong i pu mo nim chi bi na cha ra on chi beul ka ri ki neun mal lo pang mu ni na kwi hyang eul mal hal ttae cha ju sseu i neun myeong sa

Word origin

Its Sino-Korean formation joins the ideas of parents and home, creating a term for the home a married woman left when she married.

Usage tips

  • English often needs a longer phrase to preserve the viewpoint built into this word, so a simple translation may miss an important social detail.

Other meanings

  • birth familynoun

Opposites

Related words

  • 친정어머니chinjeongeomeonimother from one's birth familynoun
  • 친정아버지chinjeongabeojifather from one's birth familynoun

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