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namjjok[남쪽]Beginner · TOPIK IPosition & direction

south; southern area

NounSino-Korean: 南 쪽

  1. 1

    south; southern area

    One of the four points of the compass, the direction which S points to.

    Korean definition: 네 방위 중의 하나로, 나침반의 에스 극이 가리키는 쪽.

    • In the sky, several airplanes were flying south.

    • Having lost our way, we looked at the compass and blindly walked south to reach the coast.

  2. 2

    the South

    Another term for South Korea, used to differentiate it from North Korea.

    Korean definition: 북한 지역에 상대하여, 남한 지역.

    • North Korea asked the South for cooperation in building a dam.

    • Last weekend, a high-ranking official from the North secretly visited the South.