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TOPIK 6noun

초연

choyeon

초연이 · 초연을

premiere, first performance

Example

이 오페라는 1900년 로마에서 초연되었습니다.

This opera premiered in Rome in 1900.

Word parts

초 first연 perform

Literally 'first performance'. Homonym alert: 초연하다 also means 'to be aloof, detached'.

Good to know

Often used as a verb: 초연되다 (to be premiered), 세계 초연 (world premiere).