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-짜리 meaning and pronunciation

-jjari · -jjari

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Dictionary entry

NIKL target code 78254
Part of speech: 접사Level: Intermediate · NIKL learner grade
  1. 1.

    ‘그만한 수나 양을 가진 것’ 또는 ‘그만한 가치를 가진 것’의 뜻을 더하는 접미사.

    English: -jjari — A suffix used to mean "something of such a number or amount" or "something of such a value."

    Examples

    • 얼마짜리
    • 방 두 개짜리
    • 백 원짜리
    • 열 살짜리
    • 오십 권짜리
    • 한 뼘짜리
  2. 2.

    '그런 차림을 한 사람’의 뜻을 더하는 접미사.

    English: -jjari — A suffix used to mean "a person in such attire."

    Examples

    • 양복짜리
    • 장옷짜리

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