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눈에 띄다

nune ttuida [누네 띠다]

눈에 띄어요 · 눈에 띄었어요 · 눈에 띄게 (noticeably)

to stand out, to be noticeable, to catch one's eye

Example

빨간 코트를 입어서 사람들 사이에서 눈에 띄었어요.

She stood out in the crowd because she was wearing a red coat.

Word parts

띄다 is a contraction of 뜨이다, 'to come into view.'

Good to know

A common spelling mistake: write 눈에 띄다, not 띠다; 띠다 means 'to have a tinge of.'