물
mul
water
Part of speech · noun
Pattern visualization
Syllable → jamo breakdown (RR romanization)
물
ㅁminitial+ㅜumedial+ㄹlfinal
Examples
- 물 한 잔 주세요.Please give me a glass of water.
- 운동 후에 물을 마셔요.I drink water after exercising.
Collocations
물을 마시다찬물뜨거운 물
Mnemonic
mul is the native word for "water". Temperature is shown by a prefix: chan-mul (cold water), tteugeoun mul (hot water). The Sino-Korean su (水) appears in compounds like su-yo-il (水曜日, Wednesday).
Quick check
How do you say "cold water"?