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TOPIK 5noun

수행

suhaeng

수행이 · 수행을

ascetic practice, spiritual training

Example

스님들은 산속 절에서 수행을 해요.

The monks practice spiritual discipline at a temple in the mountains.

Word parts

수 cultivate행 practice

Literally 'cultivating through practice'.

Good to know

Its homonym 수행 means 'carrying out' a task, as in 임무를 수행하다.