Korean

Meaning: time(s), number
Part of Speech: Noun

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Handwriting

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Example sentences

This is the third time I'm watching this movie.
그는 과거 시험에 여러 번 떨어졌다.
He failed the state examination multiple times.
그는 같은 실수를 두 번 범했다.
He committed the same mistake twice.
우리 팀은 이번 대회에서 내리 세 번이나 우승했다.
Our team won three times in a row in this competition.
베토벤의 제9번 교향곡은 정말 웅장하다.
Beethoven's 9th Symphony is truly grand.
이 종이를 세로로 두 번 접으세요.
Please fold this paper twice vertically.
담담 번 차례는 내 친구이다.
The turn after next is my friend's.
실수를 한 번만 더 하면 우리 계획은 끝장이다.
If you make one more mistake, our plan is finished.
오늘 낮에 수십 년 만에 한 번 있는 개기 일식을 볼 수 있습니다.
You can see a total solar eclipse that happens once in decades this afternoon.
여지껏 한 번도 그 사실을 몰랐어요.
I didn't know that fact at all until now.

Usage Notes

A dependent noun used as a counter for the number of times an action is repeated or for ordering (e.g., number 1, number 2).

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