축 chuk

What does 축 mean?

축 (chuk) means: Drooping heavily, weakly, and lifelessly, like wet clothes or exhausted shoulders.

How it's actually used

• 요즘 야근을 많이 했더니 어깨가 축 처지네.
  Yojeum yageuneul mani haetdeoni eokkaega chuk cheojine.
  I've been working a lot of overtime lately, so my shoulders are drooping heavily.
  💡 Used to describe shoulders sagging from exhaustion.
• 빨래를 널어놨는데 비 와서 다 축 젖었어.
  Ppallareul neoronnneunde bi waseo da chuk jeojeosseo.
  I hung the laundry out, but it started raining and now it's all soaked and heavy.
  💡 Describes something hanging limply and heavily from moisture.
• 야근을 너무 많이 했더니 어깨가 축 늘어진다.
  yageun-eul neomu mani haetdeoni eokkae-ga chuk neureojinda.
  Working so much overtime has left my shoulders drooping lifelessly.
  💡 Describes heavy, exhausted drooping.

Related words in Pressure & Weight

흠칫 heum-chit움찔 um-jjil묵묵히 mung-mu-khi꾹꾹 kkuk-kkuk꽉꽉 kkwak-kkwak

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