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Korean · Pronunciation Guide
How do you pronounce "짐" in Korean?
jim. One syllable: a plain ㅈ with no puff, a tight 'ee', and a lip-shut ㅁ.
jim
One beat. Since the syllable ends in a nasal it can be held a little longer than a stop-final one, and the whole thing is continuously voiced from the vowel onward.
Listen: 짐
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Hear it in a sentence
짐이 너무 무거워요.
Jimi neomu mugeowoyo.
My luggage is too heavy.
Listen: 짐이 너무 무거워요.
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짐이 너무 무거워요 attaches the subject particle, so the ㅁ moves forward and the noun becomes ji-mi. Then 무거워요 shows the ㅂ-irregular of 무겁다, where the buried stop has become a w.
Where English speakers slip
Letting the ㅈ pick up breath gives 침, a real word meaning needle or saliva, so the plain quality genuinely matters -- no breath at all. The other slip is releasing the final ㅁ into a small vowel, which adds a beat to a one-syllable word.