마리

마리

Korean

Etymology

originally meant “head” (now 머리 (meori))

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key)[ma̠ɾi]
• Phonetic Hangul[마리]

Revised Romanization? mari Revised Romanization (translit.)? mali McCune–Reischauer? mari Yale Romanization? mali

Noun

마리 • (mari)

1. animals; head (of cattle); fish
   • 한마리; 두마리; 세마리; 네마리

     hanmari; dumari; semari; nemari

     one head; two head; three head; four head

Usage notes

As with most count words (a.k.a. classifiers), 마리 (mari) is preceded by native Korean numerals.

See also

• 시 (si, “o'clock”)
• 시간 (sigan, “hours”)
• 번 (beon, “times”)
• 병 (byeong, “bottles”)
• 살 (sal, “years”)
• 명 (myeong, “people”)
• 사람 (saram, “people”)
• 분 (bun, “(honorific) people”)
• 갑 (gap, “packs”)
• 권 (gwon, “volumes”)
• 개 (gae, “items, units, objects”)
• 대 (dae, “vehicles, machines”)
• 잔 (jan, “cupful”)
• 장 (jang, “flat object, pieces of paper”)
• 채 (chae, “houses”)
• 봉지 (bongji, “paper bags”)
• 송이 (song-i, “flowers”)