피차

Korean

Etymology

Sino-Korean word from 彼此 (“this and that”)

Pronunciation

(SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [ˈpʰi(ː)t͡ɕʰa̠]
Phonetic hangul: [피(ː)차]
- Though still prescribed in Standard Korean, most speakers in both Koreas no longer distinguish vowel length.

Romanizations
Revised Romanization^?	picha
Revised Romanization (translit.)^?	picha
McCune–Reischauer^?	p'ich'a
Yale Romanization^?	phī.cha

Noun

피차 • (picha) (hanja 彼此)

both sides, both parties
Synonym: 서로 (seoro)

피차가 득 을 볼 수 있도록 ― picha-ga deug-eul bol su itdorok ― so that both sides may benefit
- 1986, 千(천)寬(관)宇(우), 韓(한)國(국)近(근)代(대)史(사)散(산)策(책) [Journeys in Modern Korean History], page 128:
  近(근)代(대) 일본 이 한반도 와 중국대륙 을 침략한 것 같은 중대하고 도 피차에 큰 영향 을 끼친 일 을 우물우물 생략한다면 그 자체 가 왜곡 이 되기 도 할 것 이지만 […]
  If one were to vaguely omit such momentous events that had such a great impact on both sides as Japan's modern invasions of the Korean Peninsula and the Chinese subcontinent, that would in itself be a distortion [of the truth], but […]

Derived terms

피차(彼此)없다 (picha'eopda, “to be the same”)
피차간(彼此間) (pichagan, “between two sides”)
피차일반(彼此一般) (pichailban, “being equal”)

Adverb

피차 • (picha) (hanja 彼此)

one another, mutually
Synonym: 서로 (seoro)
- 2018 November 12, 김광태 [gimgwangtae], 달콤한 제안 [dalkomhan jean, A Sweet Suggestion], →ISBN:
  알고 보면 사람 은 피차 도와 가면서 사는 것 이다
  algo bomyeon saram-eun picha dowagamyeonseo saneun geos-ida
  In the end, people live through helping each other.
(in certain phrases) equally, too
Synonym: 역시(亦是) (yeoksi)

여기 상황 도 피차 마찬가지 에 요.
Yeogi sanghwan-gdo picha machan'gaji-e-yo.
The situation here is just about the same.