쯤
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Grammar · 1 sense
about, around, approximately
Examples
공항에 한 시쯤 도착했어요.
I arrived at the airport around one o'clock.
저는 일 년에 두 번쯤 여행을 가요.
I travel about twice a year.
When you'd hear it
쯤 is a neutral, everyday particle used in conversation and writing after times, dates, quantities, and frequencies. It commonly appears in plans, schedules, and casual descriptions, such as 한 시쯤 or 두 번쯤.
What learners get wrong
쯤 makes the preceding number or time approximate, as in 한 시쯤. Do not confuse it with 정도, which often describes a degree or extent, as in 이 정도.
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