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Bound nounSino-Korean: 卷
- 1
volume; book
A bound noun that serves as a unit for counting the number of books or notebooks.
Korean definition: 책이나 공책을 세는 단위.
I went to the bookstore and bought a book.
There are several books on the bookshelf in the lab.
- 2
volume; book
A bound noun used to indicate the ordinal number of a volume, as in a series of books.
Korean definition: 여러 책으로 이루어진 전집 등에서, 책의 순서를 나타내는 말.
I bought a ten-volume set of complete works and am now reading volume three.
When I finished reading up to the last, tenth volume, I was moved beyond words.
- 3
volume; book
A bound noun that serves as a unit for distinguishing books based on their contents, particularly in old books.
Korean definition: 주로 옛날 책에서, 책을 내용에 따라 구분하는 단위.
This old book consists of four volumes bound into one book.
"Mokminsimseo", an enlightenment book of the Joseon era, consists of 48 volumes in 16 books.
- 4
A bound noun that serves as a unit for counting 20 sheets of hanji, traditional Korean paper as one set
Korean definition: 한지 스무 장을 한 묶음으로 하여 세는 단위.
The woman went to an art supply store and bought three quires of hanji paper.
The man opened the storehouse door and took out a quire of window paper.