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[limhana29]

덥다, 더위, 무더위: 15 useful heat-related words

(아주 필요한 어휘입니다)

더위 — heat

더위를 견디다 — to stand the heat

더위를 먹다 — to get a heatstroke

더위를 타다 — to be sensitive to heat, to be vulnerable to heat

무더위 — scorching heat (heat that is unbearable)

불볕더위 — heat of the scorching sun

찜통더위* — sweltering, simmering heat, swelter

폭염 — heat wave

열대야 — tropical night

덥다 — hot (about weather, air temperature)

뜨겁다 — hot (about objects, temperature of objects, about food, beverages etc)

무덥다 — sultry, sweltering, muggy

후텁지근하다 — sultry, sweltering, stuffy (enough to be slightly unpleasant)

습하다 — damp, humid

건��하다 — dry, arid

* 찜통더위 = 찜통 (steamer) + 더위 (heat). So, 찜통더위 is a characteristic for 무덥고 습한 날씨, especially when 장마철 comes (right now in Korea). People feel themselves like dumplings in a steamer. And 찜통더위 word really often used in 일기 예보 (check it out searching video or news articles on Naver!)

📷 사진: by me