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Korean learner dictionary

냉이

naengi · shepherd´s purse; mother´s-heart

NIKL-backed definitions, English glosses, pronunciation, examples, and learner-level context.

Dictionary entry

NIKL target code 40201
Part of speech: 명사Pronunciation: 냉이Level: Intermediate · NIKL learner grade
  1. 1.

    잎이 뭉쳐 나고 깃 모양으로 갈라지며 늦봄에 작은 흰 꽃이 피는, 어린잎과 뿌리를 먹는 풀.

    English: shepherd´s purse; mother´s-heart — A kind of herb, with leaves that grow in lumps, diverging like feathers, and with flowers which bloom in late spring and whose young leaves and roots are eaten.

    Examples

    • 냉이 나물.
    • 냉이 된장찌개.
    • 냉이가 돋아나다.
    • 냉이가 자라다.
    • 냉이를 캐다.
    • 봄이 되자 들에는 파릇파릇한 냉이가 돋아났다.
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