Korean slang profile
중기청
junggicheong
The historical small-business agency name
A shortened name used for the Small and Medium Business Administration.
- Expanded form
- 중소기업청중소기업청 (Small and Medium Business Administration)
- Other spellings
- —
- Earliest source found
- 2004
- Documented trend period
- Not verified
This is the earliest source we have verified, not the date the term was coined.
01Examples, with English translations
- Example by Julimmal
옛 공고문에는 담당 기관이 중기청으로 적혀 있었다.
The old notice listed the responsible institution as 중기청.
02Documented history
- 2004The National Institute of Korean Language’s 2004 new-word collection lists the headword “중기청” and its definition.[1]
03Origin & word formation
The collection explicitly says it is short for 중소기업청. Who first used it and when have not been verified.
Evidence for the origin explanationHigh
The headword, definition, and source-language spelling in the 2004 collection were compared. The original older articles re-quoted there were not directly opened, so their dates were not used for firstSeen. The first coinage and spread remain unverified. This covers the institution name used at the time and uses the past tense to avoid confusion with a current institution name.
04Sources
Original titles and links are preserved. An English translation does not replace the original source.
- 2004년 신어 (국립국어원)Published 2004Original source checked Nov 14, 2026