이

이: This.

"이" works as both as a noun and an adjective. It can mean "this thing" or "this X" when put in front of something else. "This" means "close to me, the speaker" as opposed to "그" (that, close to the listener) or "저" (yon, distant from both speaker and listener.)

N + 이: Subject marker.

After a noun ending in a consonant, "이" means the subject marker. Use "가" after nouns that end in a consonant.

이: Tooth

Examples:

이없다

Has no teeth, is toothless.

이를 닦다

to brush teeth.

이가 나다

to teethe, as in "teeth are coming out".

이를 빼다

to extract teeth, or to pull teeth out.

이가 좋다/나쁘다

to have good / bad teeth

이가 아프다

to have a toothache

이에서 신물이 나다

to get sick of (figure of speech)

이 빠지다

to lose a tooth / to have a tooth fall out; (object) to get chipped (figure of speech)

이: Louse / lice

Examples:

이가 꾀다

to get infested with lice

이잡듯 하다

to search a place as if looking for lice (figure of speech)

이(利): Profit, interest

See Also

• 이자: Interest

이(二): Two (Chinese counting)

See Also

• Chinese Numbers