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TOPIK 2noun

위층

wicheung

위층이 · 위층을

upstairs, the floor above

Example

위층에서 밤마다 쿵쿵 뛰는 소리가 나요.

Every night there's a thumping sound of someone running upstairs.

Word parts

층 layer, floor

Native 위 'above' + 층 'floor, story'. Opposite: 아래층 'downstairs'.

Good to know

Spelled 위층, never 윗층: no ㅅ is added before an aspirated sound like ㅊ. Noise from the flat above (층간 소음 'between-floor noise') is a classic cause of neighbor disputes in Korean apartments.