소화

sohwa · [소화]

digestion · assimilation

nounIntermediate

Meanings

  1. digestionThe process of breaking down food into nutritive substances in the stomach, and absorbing them.
  2. digestion; assimilation(figurative) The process of understanding certain knowledge, skills, etc., and taking in them fully.
  3. digestion(figurative) The ability of making something that does not usually become other people or things, suit oneself on the basis of one's own characteristics.
  4. digestion(figurative) The ability of resolving or dealing with something.
  5. digestion(figurative) The act of accommodating a certain number of people or things in a given place.
  6. digestion(figurative) The ability of properly handling the transactions of products, bonds, etc., in a market, company, etc.

Written Forms

소화Hangul
消化Hanja

Examples from Lessons (2)

Please give him food that is easy to digest for one week.

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제가 최근에 읽은 건강 기사에 의하면 귀리 우유가 소화도 더 잘 된다고 하더라고요.

A health article I read recently mentioned that oat milk is easier to digest.

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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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