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TOPIK 5noun

외화

oehwa

외화가 · 외화를

foreign currency

Example

여행을 떠나기 전에 원화를 외화로 바꿨어요.

Before leaving on my trip, I exchanged won for foreign currency.

Word parts

외 outside화 money

Literally 'outside money'. Homonym 외화 can also mean a foreign film.