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noun[C, U]
A person's or animal's age; the number of years someone or something has lived or existed.
nai
Pronunciation
Etymology
Native Korean; historically related to Middle Korean 나히.
Examples
나이가 몇 살이에요?
naiga myeot ssarieyo
How old are you?
그 아이는 나이에 비해 키가 커요.
geu aineun naie bihae kiga keoyo
That child is tall for their age.
나이를 먹을수록 시간이 빨리 가요.
naireul meogeulsurok sigani ppalli gayo
As one gets older, time passes more quickly.
Character Breakdown
나
na
first syllable of the native Korean word for age
이
i
second syllable of the native Korean word for age
Collocations
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