How to say “What does it mean?” in Korean

무슨 뜻이에요?

museun tteusieyo?

Said as 무슨 뜨시에요

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Korean letters stack into blocks — one block is one syllable. Tap a block to hear it and see its letters.

ㅁ“m”consonant
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ㅜ“u”vowel
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무“mu”block

Sounds different than it looks

Letters change sound next to each other. Read it as 무슨 뜨시에요.

Looks like뜻이but say뜨시

The final ㅅ moves to the next syllable and keeps its s sound instead of t.

Tip: ㄸ is tense with no puff of air: tteu, not 'teu'.

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