대신

daesin · [대신]

substitute

nounIntermediate

Meanings

  1. substituteA state in which a subject is newly responsible for something that another subject was responsible for; such a subject that is newly responsible.
  2. A word used to indicate that the following content is different from or opposite to the previous content.

Written Forms

대신Hangul
代身Hanja

Examples from Lessons (3)

그래서 내가 대신 확인해 줬지.

So I checked it for her instead.

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디저트 대신 음료만 마시렵니다.

I will just have a drink instead of a dessert.

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Could you swap the milk for soy milk for the latte?

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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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