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TOPIK 6noun

통풍

tongpung

통풍이 · 통풍을

gout

Example

통풍이 있으면 술과 고기를 줄이는 게 좋아요.

If you have gout, it's good to cut down on alcohol and meat.

Word parts

통 pain풍 wind

Literally 'painful wind', an old traditional-medicine name for the disease.

Good to know

Homonym warning: 통풍 (通風) also means 'ventilation', as in 통풍이 잘 되다.