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만滿

[ man ]
「관형사」 Determiner
• full; whole

A word used to indicate that a certain period of time, including a day, week, month, year, age, etc., has fully passed.

numbers & countingtime counting
Type:
Sino-Korean
Level:
Intermediate

The hanja from which the word comes

  • 滿 (만)
    –full, filled, to fill, to satisfy, abundance, satisfaction

Derived words

  • 만만하다
    –generous; enough
  • 만원
    –full house; no vacancy
  • 만점
    –perfect score; full marks; perfection; best
  • 만천하
    –whole world

Other meanings of the word 만

  • 1
    A bound noun used to indicate that some time has passed (Bound Noun)
  • 2
    A bound noun indicating that there is a convincing reason for the action meant by the preceding statement (Bound Noun)
  • 3
    A postpositional particle used when limiting the field to one thing, excluding all the others (Postpositional particle)
  • 5
    gulf (Noun)
  • 6
    ten thousand ( Numeral)
  • 7
    ten thousand ( Determiner)

Neighboring words in the dictionary

막대막대기막말막상막상막하막일막차막히다만만고만국만기만나다만난만날만남만년
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