Skip to content

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

Pocket Korean

Dictionary › TOPIK 3

TOPIK 3noun

식혜

sikhye [시켸]

식혜가 · 식혜를

sikhye (sweet rice drink)

Example

찜질방에서는 식혜에 구운 달걀이 최고예요.

At a jjimjilbang, sikhye with baked eggs is the best.

Word parts

식 food혜 vinegar, ferment

Literally 'food' + 'ferment'.

Good to know

Pronounced [시켸] or [시케]. Made by steeping cooked rice in malt water, served cold with grains of rice floating in it.