절
Top 400
Meanings
Noun
1. a verse, passage, paragraph
2. clause (grammar)
3. bow; greeting
4. Buddhist monastery / temple
5. chopsticks (dialectal, Hamgyong, Gangwon, Chungcheong, Gyeongsang)
Pronunciation
jeol
Examples5
I've got to find a temple to cultivate my soul.
to bow to one's parents
Let's visit some temples tomorrow.
Nonrestrictive relative clauses are parenthetic, as are similar clauses introduced by conjunctions indicating time or place.
to found a temple