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TOPIK 3noun

세뱃돈

sebaetdon [세배똔]

세뱃돈이 · 세뱃돈을

New Year's money (given to children after a bow)

Example

설날에 할머니께 세배하고 세뱃돈을 받았어요.

On Lunar New Year, I bowed to my grandmother and received New Year's money.

Word parts

세 year배 bow

세배 'New Year's bow' + 돈 'money'; the ㅅ links the two words.

Good to know

Pronounced [세배똔/세밷똔]; children bow first, then elders hand out the money.