Word details
기
- Pronunciation
- 기
- Part of speech
- noun
- Vocabulary level
- advanced
- Homonyms
- 4
spirit; energy
The force that acts as the basis for doing something.
enthusiasm; passion
Mental power existing in one's body.
Idioms
기(가) 막히다
One's spirit is blocked
To be dumbfounded by something surprising or unpleasant.
기(가) 살다
One's spirit is alive
For one's energy to rise and force to soar.
기(가) 죽다
One's spirit is dead
To get depressed since one's courage and energy disappears or weakens.
기(가) 차다
One's spirit is full
To become speechless with surprise and perplexity.
기(를) 쓰다
excercise one's spirit
To use all one's force.
기(를) 펴다
spread one's spirit
To have free state of mind escaping from an oppressed and difficult situation.