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TOPIK 1noun

외국인

oegugin [외구긴]

외국인이 · 외국인을

foreigner

Example

요즘 서울에는 외국인이 많아요.

There are a lot of foreigners in Seoul these days.

Word parts

외 outside국 country인 person

Literally 'outside-country person'. Add -인 to a country for its people: 미국인 = American.

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Pronounced [외구긴]. More polite: 외국 분.