간접적

ganjeopjeok · [간접쩍]

being indirect · indirect

noundeterminerIntermediate

Meanings

간ː접쩍 · noun · Intermediate

  1. being indirectThe state of something being indirectly affected, not at the center of an event or situation.

간ː접쩍 · determiner · Intermediate

  1. indirectBeing indirectly affected, not at the center of an event or situation.

Written Forms

간접적Hangul
間接的Hanja

Examples from Lessons (3)

Expressing things indirectly like that is a way of respecting the other person.

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The suffix -nyago, used to indirectly convey someone else's question, appears very frequently in webtoon dialogue.

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That's right; when a superior like the General Manager speaks indirectly, you need to practice reading between the lines.

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Grammar in These Examples

Korean definitions, pronunciations and learner levels are from the Basic Korean Dictionary (한국어기초사전) by the National Institute of Korean Language, licensed under CC BY-SA 2.0 KR.

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