"잘생기다" meaning in Korean

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Verb

IPA: [t͡ɕa̠ɭsʰɛŋɡida̠] [SK-Standard, Seoul], [t͡ɕa̠ɭsʰe̞ŋɡida̠] [SK-Standard, Seoul] Forms: jalsaenggida [romanization], 잘생겨 [infinitive], 잘생기어 [infinitive], 잘생기니 [sequential]
Etymology: 잘 (jal, “well”) + 생기다 (saenggida, “to appear, to emerge; (in past tense constructions) to appear, to look”). Etymology templates: {{q|in past tense constructions}} (in past tense constructions), {{compound|ko|잘|생기다||t1=well|t2=to appear, to emerge; (in past tense constructions) to appear, to look}} 잘 (jal, “well”) + 생기다 (saenggida, “to appear, to emerge; (in past tense constructions) to appear, to look”) Head templates: {{ko-verb}} 잘생기다 • (jalsaenggida) (infinitive 잘생겨 or 잘생기어, sequential 잘생기니)
  1. (defective) to be handsome, good-looking, beautiful Wikipedia link: National Institute of the Korean Language Tags: defective Synonyms (long and smooth): 훤칠하다 (hwonchilhada) (english: attractively tall) Synonyms (straight, clean): 반반하다 (banbanhada) (english: pretty, good-looking), 반듯하다 (bandeuthada) (english: pretty, good-looking) Synonyms (stylish): 멋있다 (meositda) (english: cool, stylish, wonderful)

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