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TOPIK 6noun

수녀

sunyeo

수녀가 · 수녀를

nun

Example

그 수녀는 평생 가난한 아이들을 돌보며 살았어요.

That nun spent her whole life caring for poor children.

Word parts

수 cultivate녀 woman

Literally 'cultivating woman'; 녀 becomes 여 at the start of a word, as in 여자.

Good to know

Address a nun as 수녀님, with the honorific -님.