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치고

chigo

for a; without exception; unusually...for

Attaches to a noun to claim that, without exception, everything in that category matches what follows, or -- more often -- to note that something is exceptional compared to what's typical for that category.

Form

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Meanings

  1. 1

    A postpositional particle used to indicate that the preceding statement is the same as the following statement without an exception.

    앞말이 예외가 없이 뒤의 내용과 같음을 나타내는 조사.

    ※ 흔히 부정을 뜻하는 말이 뒤에 오거나 반어의 뜻을 가진 의문문으로 쓴다.

  2. 2

    A postpositional particle used to indicate that the following statement is an exception to the previous statement.

    뒤의 내용이 앞말에 대해 예외적임을 나타내는 조사.

Examples

  • 아이들치고 싸우지 않는 아이들을 본 적 있어요?

    Have you ever seen kids who don't fight, for kids?

  • 우리 학교 학생치고 수학 천재인 민준이를 모르는 사람은 없다.

    There's no student at our school who doesn't know Minjun, the math genius.

  • 인스턴트 음식치고 건강에 좋은 것은 없다.

    There's no instant food that's actually good for your health.

  • 여기는 도서관치고 소장 도서가 적어서 보려던 책이 거의 없어.

    This place has few books for a library, so there's almost nothing I wanted to read.

  • 올해는 눈도 안 오고 바람도 많이 안 불어서 겨울 날씨치고 따뜻한 편이다.

    This year it hasn't snowed much or been that windy, so it's fairly warm for winter weather.

  • 지수는 요리를 배운 지 얼마 안 된 사람치고 요리를 잘한다.

    For someone who's only recently learned to cook, Jisu is quite good at it.

Examples: 한국어기초사전, CC BY-SA 2.0 KR.

Quick check

  1. 1. What does ‘치고’ mean?

  2. 2. Which form means “for a; without exception; unusually...for”?