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TOPIK 4noun

현기증

hyeongijeung [현기쯩]

현기증이 · 현기증을

dizziness, vertigo

Example

더운 날씨에 오래 서 있다가 현기증이 났어요.

I got dizzy after standing for a long time in the hot weather.

Word parts

현 dazed기 energy증 symptom

Literally 'dazed-energy symptom'. -증 = symptom or condition: 불면증, 우울증.

Good to know

Pronounced [현기쯩]; the usual verb is 나다: 현기증이 나다.