Word details
고개
- Pronunciation
- 고개
- Part of speech
- noun
- Vocabulary level
- beginner
- Homonyms
- 2
head
A word referring to one's head, including the neck.
Idioms
고개 하나 까딱하지 않다
not budge one's head; not give a slight nod; not bat an eyelid
To have no hesitation or agitation.
고개가 수그러지다
A head subsides
For respect to form.
고개를 (가로) 흔들다
shake one's head from side to side
To express denial or refusal by moving one's head from side to side.
고개를 갸웃거리다
tilt one's head repeatedly
To wonder out of doubt or lack of understandning.
고개를 갸웃하다
tilt one's head
To wonder out of doubt or lack of understandning.
고개를 끄덕이다
nod one's head
To express affirmation or preference by shaking one's head up and down.
고개를 돌리다
turn one's head
To look away from or turn a blind-eye to something.
고개를 숙이다
bow one's head
To give up one's pride and surrender or give in to someone.
bow one's head
To have respect for.
고개를 내밀다
stick out one's head
For an accident, phenomenon and feeling to appear or arise.
stick out one's head
To briefly appear in a gathering.
고개를 들다
raise one's head
To deal with others in an honest and confident manner.
raise one's head
For an accident, phenomenon, feeling, etc., to appear or arise.
고개를 쳐들다
raise one's head high
To behave in a confident and unshrinking manner.
raise one's head high
For an accident, phenomenon, feeling, etc., to appear or arise.