한강

hangang · [한강]

Hangang River · inundation

nounBeginner

Meanings

  1. Hangang RiverThe river that starts from the Taebaeksanmaek Mountains and flows through Korea's central region and into the Yellow Sea, whose two tributaries, the Namhangang River and Bukhangang River, meet in Gyeonggi-do, or Gyeonggi Province, and which has the largest water volume among the rivers in South Korea.
  2. inundation(figurative) The state of the floor, etc., being flooded due to a heavy rain or water leakage.

Written Forms

한강Hangul
漢江Hanja

Examples from Lessons (3)

한강도 가요?

Are we going to the Han River too?

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금요일 오후, 민수와 지은은 오랜만에 한강 공원을 찾았다.

On a Friday afternoon, Minsu and Jieun visited Han River Park for the first time in a while.

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민우가 한강에 갔어요.

Minwoo went to the Han River.

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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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