오빠

oppa · [오빠]

elder brother

nounBeginner

Meanings

  1. elder brotherA word used only by a girl to refer to or address her male siblings or cousins older than herself.
  2. elder brotherA word used only by a girl to refer to or address endearingly another male who is older than she.

Examples from Lessons (3)

My older brother and older sister are on stage.

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남자 아이돌은 오빠라고 불러요.

You call male idols oppa.

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You look really cool here!

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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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