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시인
poet
명사 · Intermediate · NIKL learner grade
시인하다
admit; acknowledge
동사 · Advanced · NIKL learner grade
시일
time; period
명사 · Intermediate · NIKL learner grade
시작
start; beginning
명사 · Beginner · NIKL learner grade
시작되다
start
동사 · Beginner · NIKL learner grade
시작하다
start; begin; initiate
동사 · Beginner · NIKL learner grade
시장
mayor
명사 · Intermediate · NIKL learner grade
시장기
hunger
명사 · Advanced · NIKL learner grade
시장성
marketability
명사 · Advanced · NIKL learner grade
시장하다
hungry
형용사 · Advanced · NIKL learner grade
시적
being poetic
명사 · Advanced · NIKL learner grade
시절
days; the time
명사 · Intermediate · NIKL learner grade
시점
point in time
명사 · Intermediate · NIKL learner grade
시정
residential area
명사 · Advanced · NIKL learner grade
시정되다
be rectified
동사 · Advanced · NIKL learner grade
시정하다
rectify
동사 · Advanced · NIKL learner grade
시제
tense
명사 · Advanced · NIKL learner grade
시제품
trial product; prototype
명사 · Advanced · NIKL learner grade
시조
sijo
명사 · Advanced · NIKL learner grade
시종
beginning and end
명사 · Advanced · NIKL learner grade
시종일관
being consistent from the start to finish
명사 · Advanced · NIKL learner grade
시주
offering; donation
명사 · Advanced · NIKL learner grade
시주하다
offer; donate
동사 · Advanced · NIKL learner grade
시중
market
명사 · Intermediate · NIKL learner grade
시중들다
attend; serve; look after
동사 · Advanced · NIKL learner grade
시즌
season
명사 · Advanced · NIKL learner grade
시집
poetic works; book of poetry
명사 · Intermediate · NIKL learner grade
시집가다
get married
동사 · Intermediate · NIKL learner grade
시집보내다
marry
동사 · Intermediate · NIKL learner grade
시집살이
a married woman living with her in-laws
명사 · Advanced · NIKL learner grade
시집살이하다
live with a married woman's in-laws
동사 · Advanced · NIKL learner grade
시집오다
get married
동사 · Intermediate · NIKL learner grade
시차
time difference
명사 · Intermediate · NIKL learner grade
시찰
inspection
명사 · Advanced · NIKL learner grade
시찰하다
inspect
동사 · Advanced · NIKL learner grade
시책
policy; measure
명사 · Advanced · NIKL learner grade
시청
city hall
명사 · Beginner · NIKL learner grade
시청각
visual and auditory senses
명사 · Advanced · NIKL learner grade
시청률
television ratings
명사 · Intermediate · NIKL learner grade
시청자
viewer
명사 · Intermediate · NIKL learner grade
시청하다
watch
동사 · Intermediate · NIKL learner grade
시체
dead body; corpse
명사 · Advanced · NIKL learner grade
시쳇말
buzzword
명사 · Advanced · NIKL learner grade
시초
start; outset
명사 · Advanced · NIKL learner grade
시추
drilling
명사 · Advanced · NIKL learner grade
시치다
tack; baste
동사 · Advanced · NIKL learner grade
시치미
feigned innocence; dissimulation
명사 · Advanced · NIKL learner grade
시침
feigned innocence; dissimulation
명사 · Advanced · NIKL learner grade
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Beginner, intermediate, and advanced are the National Institute of Korean Language’s learner vocabulary grades. They are not official TOPIK levels or a prediction of test difficulty.