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TOPIK 6noun

지속가능성

jisokganeungseong [지속까능썽]

지속가능성이 · 지속가능성을

sustainability

Example

요즘 기업들은 지속가능성을 경영의 핵심으로 삼고 있습니다.

These days companies make sustainability central to their management.

Word parts

지 hold속 continue가 can능 able성 quality

Literally 'the quality of being able to continue'; -성 = '-ness, -ity'.

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Pronounced [지속까능썽]: 가 and 성 become tense.