Word details
눕다
- Pronunciation
- 눕ː따
- Part of speech
- verb
- Vocabulary level
- beginner
- Derivative
- 누이다01, 눕히다
- Application
- 눕는 [눔ː는 ]
누워 [ ]
누우니 [ ]
눕습니다 [눕ː씀니다 ]
lie down; lay oneself down; lie
For a person or animal to lie with the back or flank horizontally to touch a certain place.
be confined to bed; be ill in bed
To not be able to get up because one is sick.
Proverbs
누울 자리 봐 가며 발을 뻗어라
stretch your legs after examining the place to lie down
A proverb meaning that one should think about the result of something in advance before doing it.
stretch your legs after examining the place to lie down
A proverb meaning that one should behave properly according to circumstances.
누워서 떡 먹기
eating tteok, rice cake, while lying down; a piece of cake; Nothing is easier
A proverb meaning something that is very easy to do.
누워서 침 뱉기
spitting while lying facing up; Curses, like chickens, come home to roost
A proverb meaning that the result of one's bad behavior comes back to oneself in a bad way.