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쉰

swin

native · counting things, age · same before a counter (쉰 살, 쉰다섯 명)

fifty

Example

우리 어머니는 올해 쉰이세요.

My mother is fifty this year.

Good to know

Native tens go on: 예순 60, 일흔 70, 여든 80, 아흔 90. For larger numbers Sino-Korean is far more common.