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yeoseong[여성]Beginner · TOPIK IKinds of people

woman

NounSino-Korean: 女性

  1. 1

    woman

    A grown-up woman capable of having a baby.

    Korean definition: 어른이 되어 아이를 낳을 수 있는 여자.

    • The number of women who don't have children is growing these days.

    • Twice a year my mother goes to a women's hospital for a breast cancer screening.

  2. 2

    feminine gender

    One of the terms used to distinguish the gender of words in the grammar of Western languages.

    Korean definition: 서양 언어의 문법에서, 단어를 성에 따라 구별할 때 쓰는 말의 하나.

    • In French, beer is a feminine noun.

    • German uses different articles for the feminine singular and the masculine singular.