Korean learner dictionary
냉이 meaning and pronunciation
naengi · shepherd´s purse; mother´s-heart
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Dictionary entry
NIKL target code 40201Part of speech: 명사Pronunciation: 냉이Level: Intermediate · NIKL learner grade
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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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