혹은

hogeun · [호근]

or · if not · sometimes · from time to time

adverbIntermediate

Meanings

  1. or; if notIf not; or if it is not.
  2. sometimes; from time to timeSometimes.

Written Forms

혹은Hangul
或은Hanja

Examples from Lessons (3)

To colleagues, one usually says "It's nice to see you" or "Good morning."

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In these moments, try using expressions like "That makes no sense" or "This is too sad."

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You can sense through the pitch and tone of their voice whether the other person is happy or flustered right now.

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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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