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Korean noun

북

buk

north

One of the four directions north, south, east, west, and the direction pointed to by the N pole of the compass.

Standard pronunciation
[북]
Level
Intermediate

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북 in a sentence

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  • 마을 남쪽으로 적이 침략해 오자, 사람들은 북으로 피해 올라갔다.

    마을 남쪼그로 저기 침냐캐 오자, 사람드른 부그로 피해 올라갇따.said like thismaeul namjjogeuro jeogi chimnyakae oja, saramdeureun bugeuro pihae ollagatda.

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Dictionary data from the Korean Basic Dictionary by the National Institute of Korean Language, used under CC BY-SA 2.0 KR. We added the romanization. This page is shared under the same licence.