Word details
입
- Pronunciation
- 입
- Part of speech
- noun
- Vocabulary level
- beginner
- Application
- 입이 [이비 ]
입도 [입또 ]
입만 [임만 ]
mouth
A bodily organ extending from the lips to the throat that one uses to eat and make sounds.
lips
The red and soft flesh that surrounds the opening of the mouth.
person
The number of people who eat.
mouth
(figurative) Words that a person utters.
bite
The word that indicates the amount of food a person can eat in one bite.
Idioms
입이 달다
have a sweet mouth
To have a good appetite and enjoy food.
입에 침이 마르다
The saliva in one's mouth dries up
To talk much in order to complement someone or boast about something.
입에 풀칠하다
put glue on one's mouth; make ends meet; eke out a living
To live in severe poverty.
입을 딱 벌리다
open one's mouth wide
To be very surprised or dumbfounded.
입을 봉하다
seal one's mouth
To not talk.
seal someone's mouth
To prevent someone from talking about something.
입의 혀 같다
be like a tongue in someone's mouth
To quickly catch someone's intention or preference and do as he/she pleases.
입이 가볍다
have a light mouth
To be talkative and frequently leak a secret.
입이 간지럽다
feel itchy in one's mouth
To be dying to talk about something or reveal a secret.
입이 걸다
have a foul mouth
To talk in a crude and vulgar manner.
입이 귀밑까지 찢어지다
have one's mouth ripped to the roots of the ears
To laugh with one's mouth wide open for joy.
입 안에서 뱅뱅 돌다
have something turn round and round inside one's mouth
To refrain from saying something that one wants to say or be unable to do it.
have something turn round and round inside one's mouth
To be unable to think of a name or an appropriate expression.
입이 닳다
have one's mouth worn out
To repeat the same words several times.
입이 떨어지다
One's mouth is taken off
To start talking.
입이 마르다
have one's mouth dry up
To repeat the same words several times.
입이 무겁다
have a heavy mouth
To not talk much and keep a secret.
입이 (딱) 벌어지다
One's mouth is wide open
To be very surprised or pleased.
입이 심심하다
feel bored in one's mouth
To feel like eating or saying something.
입이 싸다
have a cheap mouth
To be talkative and frequently leak a secret.
입이 쓰다
have a bitter mouth
To feel unpleasant because one is dissatisfied with something.
have a bitter mouth
To have no appetite or be unable to enjoy food because one is tired or sick.
입이 짧다
have a short mouth
To hate or be unable to eat so many kinds of food and eat little.
입에 오르내리다
go up and down the mouths
To become the subject of others' conversations.
입 밖에 내다
take something out of one's mouth
To confess one's real feelings or intentions, or secrets.
입(을) 다물다
shut one's mouth
To stop talking or refrain from talking to keep a secret.
입(을) 막다
block someone's mouth
To force someone to stop talking about something that one does not want to hear or is against oneself.
입(을) 맞추다
coordinate mouths
For many people to agree on saying the same thing.
make mouths meet each other
To kiss.
입(을) 모으다
gather mouths
For many people to say the same thing about something.
입(을) 씻다[닦다]
wash[wipe] one's mouth
To have solely profitted from something and to pretend to not have done so.
입만 살다
Only the mouth is alive
To talk about something in a plausible manner without putting it into action.
입만 아프다
One's mouth only hurts
For someone to be unable to understand or refuse to accept something that has been repeatedly said.
입에 거미줄 치다
spin a web in one's mouth
To starve due to lack of food.
입에 게거품을[거품을] 물다
foam[froth] at one's mouth
To speak in a loud voice due to outrage and fury.
입에 달고 다니다[살다]
get around[live] with something attached to one's mouth
To frequently use or repeat a certain word.
get around[live] with something attached to one's mouth
To eat a certain food almost everyday.
입에 달라붙다
stick to one's mouth
For food to be very delicious.
입에 담다
contain something in one's mouth
To speak out.
입에 대다
touch something to one's mouth
To eat or drink something.
입에 발린 소리
remarks that are plastered on one's lips; lip service
Words that do not reflect one's true feelings or intention.
입에 붙다
stick to one's mouth
For something to grow into a habit as it has been repeatedly said.
(누구) 입에 붙이다
stick something to (someone's) lips
To share food with others.
입에 자물쇠를 채우다
lock one's mouth
To not speak.
lock someone's mouth
To prevent someone from talking about something.
Proverbs
입에 맞는 떡
a tteok, a rice cake, that satisfies one's mouth
Something that catches one's fancy.
입에 쓴 약이 몸에 좋다
Bitter medicine is good for your body
An expression meaning another person's advice or criticism may hurt for the moment, but it will eventually benefit you if you try to understand what it really means.
입에서 신물이 난다
taste stomach acid in one's mouth
To be fed up with something.
입은 비뚤어져도 말은 바로 해라[하랬다]
You should[are advised to] speak the right words even if you have a crooked mouth
An expression used to advise that one should be frank or tell the truth in any circumstance.
입이 열 개라도 할 말이 없다
have nothing to say even if one has ten mouths
To be unable to make any excuse because one's error was clearly revealed.