Skip to content
hanmal – Home

선수

seonsu[선수]Beginner · TOPIK IJobs

athlete; player; representative player

NounSino-Korean: 選手

  1. 1

    athlete; player; representative player

    A person chosen as a representative in a sports game, or a person whose job is to play a sports game.

    Korean definition: 운동 경기에서 대표로 뽑힌 사람. 또는 스포츠가 직업인 사람.

    • My son loves soccer and always says he wants to be a soccer player.

    • Winning a gold medal at the Olympics, she was named the best swimmer of the year.

  2. 2

    master; expert

    (figurative) A person who does a certain thing very well or frequently.

    Korean definition: (비유적으로) 어떤 일을 매우 잘하거나 자주 하는 사람.

    • He may be bad at studying, but he's a pro at fixing computers.

    • He's an expert at finding his way, so he easily finds routes he's never taken before.