Word details
웃다
- Pronunciation
- 욷ː따
- Part of speech
- verb
- Vocabulary level
- beginner
- Derivative
- 웃기다
- Application
- 웃어 [우ː서 ]
웃으니 [우ː스니 ]
웃는 [운ː는 ]
smile
To smile big or make a sound when one is happy or satisfied.
smile; laugh
To produce a certain type of smile or laughter by making a sound or wearing a look on one's face.
laugh at
To despise and make fun of someone because his/her words or actions are unacceptable or not right.
Proverbs
웃고 사람[뺨] 친다
slap a person[someone in the face] with a smile
To pretend to be nice, but actually hate someone or do harm to him/her.
웃는 낯에 침 못 뱉는다
You cannot spit on a smiling face; A soft answer turns away wrath
It is difficult to be hostile toward someone who approaches in a friendly manner.
웃는 집에 복이 있다
A smiling house will have good fortune
A family whose members are on good terms with each other and whose home is filled with laughter will be blessed.