The Korean word for rice is
쌀
Translations for rice and their definitions
| 벼 | |
| 1. n. rice plant, paddy |
| 쌀 | |
| 1. n. rice | |
| 2. n. white hulled grains of barley, wheat, etc. |
| 밥 | |
| 1. n. cooked rice | |
| 밥-을 먹다 - to eat rice | |
| 2. n. meal | |
| 밥-을 먹다 - to have a meal | |
| uxi, 밥 뭇나?, t=Hello, lit=Did you eat? | |
| 3. n. feed | |
| 개밥 - feed for dogs; dog food | |
| 4. n. (figurative) someone serving as an object of abuse | |
| 내-가 니 밥-이-냐? 왜 자꾸 괴롭혀? - Am I your punching bag? Why do you keep bothering me? |
| 진지 | |
| 1. n. honorific of 밥 | |
| 진지-는 잡수셨나요? - Have you eaten yet? | |
| 2. n. (military) position | |
| 진지-를 구축하다 - to set up a position |
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