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TOPIK 4noun

씨름

ssireum

씨름이 · 씨름을

ssireum (Korean wrestling)

Example

추석에 가족들과 씨름 대회를 구경했어요.

On Chuseok I watched a ssireum tournament with my family.

Word parts

Native word. The top champion of a big tournament is called 천하장사 'strongest under heaven'.

Good to know

Wrestlers grip each other's cloth thigh band (샅바) and win by making the opponent touch the sand with any body part above the knee.