Word details
눈치
- Pronunciation
- 눈치
- Part of speech
- noun
- Vocabulary level
- intermediate
tact; sense; wits
An ability to understand and know someone's mind or situation even though they have said nothing.
sign; look; face
One's attitude or facial expression that lets others guess one's real intention or situation.
Idioms
눈치(가) 다르다
show a different look from usual; show a different face from usual
For one's attitude or behavior to be strange and different from usual.
눈치(가) 보이다
Someone's face is seen
To care about someone's feelings or attitude.
눈치(가) 빠르다
have quick wits
To understand and know someone's mind or situation even though they have said nothing.
눈치(를) 보다
see someone's face; study someone's face
To study someone's feeling or attitude.
눈치(를) 보이다
show a sign; show a face; hint
To express one's thought through a facial expression, behavior, etc., not saying it directly.
눈치(를) 살피다
see someone's face; study someone's face
To study someone's feeling or attitude.