Korean Dictionary
How to say “Seollal (Lunar New Year)” in Korean
설날
Seollal
IntermediateCulture
Usage & Context
Korea's Lunar New Year celebration. Families gather for 차례 (charye, ancestral memorial rites), perform 세배 (saebae, deep bow to elders), and receive 세뱃돈 (pocket money from elders). 떡국 (tteokguk, rice cake soup) is eaten to symbolically gain a year of age. One of Korea's biggest holidays.
Example Sentence
설날에 세배를 드리면 세뱃돈을 받아요.
If you do the New Year's bow during Seollal, you receive pocket money.
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