Skip to content

New every day: Korea news, words and grammar — in your language

Pocket Korean

Dictionary › TOPIK 6

TOPIK 6adjective

수척하다

sucheokada [수처카다]

수척해요 · 수척했어요 · 수척한 (+noun)

gaunt, haggard, emaciated

Example

오랫동안 아파서 얼굴이 많이 수척해졌어요.

Being sick for a long time has made his face very gaunt.

Word parts

수 thin척 lean

Literally 'thin and lean'.