Korean learner dictionary

투정

tujeong · complaining; grumbling; growling

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

Dictionary entry

NIKL target code 81623

Part of speech: 명사Pronunciation: 투정Level: Advanced · NIKL learner grade

1.
무엇이 모자라거나 마음에 들지 않아 떼를 쓰며 조르는 일.
English: complaining; grumbling; growling — An act of badgering someone for more of something or for a new one, when something is in shortage or is not satisfactory.
Examples
- 옷 투정.
- 음식 투정.
- 아이의 투정.
- 귀여운 투정.
- 성가신 투정.
- 투정이 많다.

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