The Korean word for bird is
새
Translations for bird and their definitions
| 새 | |
| 1. n. bird (in general) | |
| 새-가 힘차게 날개-를 치며 저 하늘-을 향해 활활 날아올랐다. - The bird soared to the skies, mightily flapping its wings. | |
| 새-들-이 나뭇가지 위-에 앉아 짹짹 지저귀-며 노래하고 있다. - There are birds chirping and singing on a tree branch. | |
| 2. det. new, novel; fresh | |
| 길고 길었-던 밤-이 새니 이윽고 세상-에 새 날-이 밝았다. - The long night has passed, and a new day has dawned upon the world. | |
| 우리-에게-는 참신한 새 아이디어-들-이 절실히 필요하다. - We are desperately in need of original and fresh ideas. | |
| 3. n. contraction of 사이 | |
| 4. n. (tlb, uncommon in isolation) | |
| 5. n. (ng, a general term for any plant from the family Poaceae): the true grasses | |
| 6. n. (specifically) (a type of grass native to East Asia) | |
| 7. n. (short for, 억새:) silvergrass (Miscanthus sinensis) | |
| 8. n. straw thatch used for roofing | |
| 9. n. synonym of 국새(國璽), t=royal seal; state seal | |
| 10. n. (southern Gyeongsang) Alternative form of 새우, t=shrimp, from=dialectal | |
| 11. n. (obsolete) east | |
| 12. v. of 새다 | |
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