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TOPIK 5noun

특목고

teungmokgo [틍목꼬]

특목고가 · 특목고를

special-purpose high school (e.g., science or foreign-language high school)

Example

제 동생은 과학고 같은 특목고에 가고 싶어 해요.

My younger sibling wants to go to a special-purpose high school like a science high school.

Word parts

특 special목 purpose고 high

Short for 특수 목적 고등학교, 'special-purpose high school'.

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Pronounced [틍목꼬] — nasalization of ㄱ before ㅁ.