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Korean learner dictionary

-투성이

-tuseongi · -tuseong-i

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

Dictionary entry

NIKL target code 83203
Part of speech: 접사Level: Advanced · NIKL learner grade
  1. 1.

    ‘그것이 너무 많은 상태’ 또는 ‘그런 상태의 사물, 사람’의 뜻을 더하는 접미사.

    English: -tuseong-i — A suffix used to mean "a state of having too much of something" or "an object or a person in such a state."

    Examples

    • 돌투성이
    • 땀투성이
    • 먼지투성이
    • 상처투성이
    • 실망투성이
    • 주름투성이