What is #STAY_AT_HOME in Korean?

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The IG Challenge #STAYHOME

is #집콕중 in Korean






집콕 중 = Staying at home







집콕 means 'Stuck in house' 

and is short for 

집에 콕 박히다



집 house

콕 describing an act of prodding

-에 박히다 to be[get] stuck in - 








중 is short for the present progressive



VERB + -는 중이다

NOUN + - 중이다





E.g.


저는 저녁을 먹는 중이에요.

I’m eating dinner.


엄마는 청소 중이에요. 

My mother is cleaning. 



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