Nuance Dictionary / Social Situations
기가 차다 Giga chada
To be left utterly speechless and dumbfounded by someone's staggering foolishness or brazen lack of self-awareness.
What does 기가 차다 mean?
기가 차다 (Giga chada) means: To be left utterly speechless and dumbfounded by someone's staggering foolishness or brazen lack of self-awareness.
Speakers use this expression when observing actions or statements so absurd that they induce a temporary loss of words. It often appears in situations involving sheer incompetence or blatant disregard for common sense. It typically describes a reaction of stunned disbelief rather than mild annoyance.
Among speakers, this can carry a heavy tone of exasperation, where the absurdity of the situation leaves the observer momentarily unable to process what they have just witnessed.
Among speakers, this can carry a heavy tone of exasperation, where the absurdity of the situation leaves the observer momentarily unable to process what they have just witnessed.
Other sides of 기가 차다
◆ Audacious Entitlement — Speakers use this expression when encountering behavior that defies common sense or involves an extreme lack of self-awareness. It appears in situations where a request or action is so unreasonable that it leaves onlookers or recipients momentarily unable to respond. It frequently surfaces in casual interactions involving interpersonal conflict or disbelief.
Depending on the tone, this can read as exasperated disbelief at someone's sheer nerve, often highlighting a sharp gap in social awareness between the speaker and the subject.
Depending on the tone, this can read as exasperated disbelief at someone's sheer nerve, often highlighting a sharp gap in social awareness between the speaker and the subject.
How it's actually used
- 그 사람의 어이없는 행동에 기가 차서 말이 안 나왔다.
geu saram-ui eoi-eopneun haengdong-e giga chaseo mal-i an nawassda.
I was so flabbergasted by his absurd behavior that I was left speechless.
💡 Reacting to someone's senseless actions - 그런 무능한 실수를 저지르고도 뻔뻔하게 나오는 걸 보니 기가 찬다.
geureon muneunghan silsureul jeojir-godo ppeonppanhage naoneun geol boni giga chanda.
It is absurd to see them act shamelessly after making such an incompetent mistake.
💡 Witnessing tone-deaf and incompetent behavior - 상식에 어긋나는 소리를 태연하게 하는 모습을 듣고 기가 찼다.
sangsik-e eogeusnaneun sorireul taeyeonhage haneun moseubeul deutgo giga chassda.
I was struck dumb hearing them casually utter such nonsense.
💡 Listening to unreasonable statements without a trace of self-awareness
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고생하셨습니다 go-saeng-has-yeot-seum-ni-da골치가 아프다 gol-chi-ga a-peu-da고래 싸움에 새우 등 터진다 Gorae ssaume saeu deung teojinda고생 끝에 낙이 온다 Gosaeng kkeute nagi onda과연 gwayeon