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TOPIK 1noun

할머니

halmeoni

할머니가 · 할머니를 · honorific: 할머님

grandmother; old woman

Example

할머니께서 떡을 주셨어요.

My grandmother gave me rice cakes.

Word parts

할 (great) + 어머니 (mother), shortened; also used for any elderly woman.