구

gu · [구]

nine · ninth · district

numeraldeterminernounBeginner

Meanings

구 · numeral · Beginner

  1. nineThe number that is the sum of eight and one.

구 · determiner · Beginner

  1. nineOf the number nine.
  2. ninthTotaling nine when counted from the start.

구 · noun · Intermediate

  1. An administrative district above 'dong (the smallest unit of districts)' in large and metropolitan cities with a population of 500,000 or more.
  2. districtA word meaning 'an area designated according to a certain standard to meet administrative or legal needs.'
Other Words Spelled the Same (4)

구 · noun · Advanced

  1. sphereA three-dimensional, ball-shaped object, or such shape.

구 · noun

  1. phraseThe unit of speech that forms part of a sentence by combining two or more words.
  2. lineIn traditional Korean three-verse poetry or narratives, a phrasal segment that serves as a unit for counting the number of syntactic words.

구ː · determiner

  1. old; formerBeing from the past; being different now or non-existent.

구 · bound noun

  1. bodyA bound noun that serves as a unit for counting the number of corpses.

Written Forms

구Hangul
九Hanja
區Hanja

Examples from Lessons (3)

Here are 8, 9, and 10.

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수지와 민호가 8월 9일에 하는 가요대전 이야기를 해요.

Suzy and Minho are talking about the music festival happening on August 9th.

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Does this morning's meeting start at nine?

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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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