떡
Meanings
Noun
1. rice cake; tteok
2. wide, broad (of a gap, of a width)
3. tight, fitting manner (usually negative) (of two things, also metaphoric)
4. immobile; (figurative) in an adult manner; intransigent (often negative)
Pronunciation
tteok
Examples9
군인들이 떡 버티고 있다.
The troops are stubbornly blocking the way.
입이 떡 벌어지다
to be jaw-dropping
어깨가 떡 펼쳐져 있다.
His shoulders are spread very broadly.
밥풀이 옷에 떡 붙어 있다.
Grains of rice are stuck tight to his clothes.
누워서 떡먹기네.
A piece of cake!
한 영감님이 인제 개화장을 떡 집구 점잖히 채리구서 길을 인제 훨훨 가는 겁니다.
As the man equipped his cane with dignity, he set off down the road.