끊다
Meanings
Verb
1. to cut, to sever
2. to cut off, to break off, to shut off, to turn off, to intercept (figurative, figuratively)
3. to pause, to stop, to hang up
4. to punctuate
5. to give up (a habit), to abstain from
6. to kill (목숨을)
7. to buy
8. to issue, to write out
Pronunciation
kkeunta
Examples7
전화를 끊다
to hang up
복잡한 생각이 떠오르자 그는 에 하고 생각을 끊었다.
When complicated thoughts arose, he uttered pshaw to cut them off.
당신은 담배를 끊어야 한다.
You should quit smoking.
그 사람 작년에 담배 끊었어.
He stopped smoking last year.
술을 딱 끊었다.
He decisively stopped drinking.
몇 년 동안 야채를 대던 이 씨와 거래를 끊었다.
Dealings were interrupted with Mr. Lee who offered vegetables for years.