🌟 합죽이

Noun  

1. (낮잡아 이르는 말로) 이가 빠져서 입과 볼이 움푹 들어간 사람.

1. BEING TOOTHLESS: (disparaging) A person who is toothless with his/her cheeks sunken and lips pursed.

🗣️ Usage Example:
  • 합죽이 같은 모습.
    A hapjuk-like figure.
  • 합죽이가 되다.
    Be hapjug.
  • 합죽이나 다름없다.
    It's as good as hapjuk.
  • 합죽이라고 놀리다.
    Tease with hapjuk.
  • 틀니를 빼자 노인의 입이 합죽이처럼 들어갔다.
    When the dentures were taken out, the old man's mouth went in like a pail.
  • 동네의 못된 아이들은 이가 다 빠져서 입이 움푹 들어간 노인을 합죽이라고 놀려 댔다.
    Bad kids in the neighborhood teased an old man with a sunken mouth for hapjuk because his teeth were all out.
  • 이 주변으로 어떤 노파가 지나가지 않았어요?
    Didn't some old woman pass around here?
    아, 합죽이처럼 홀쭉하게 마른 할머니가 지나가긴 했어요.
    Oh, a skinny old lady like a hapjuk passed by.

🗣️ Pronunciation, Application: 합죽이 (합쭈기)

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