시원하다

siwonhada · TOPIK 1

to be cool, refreshing

🧊🍉 Sounds like see-won: I see I won, what a cool, refreshing relief

시원 (siwon) is the root for cool and refreshing; 하다 (hada) turns it into to be. Koreans also say it for hot soup or a massage that brings relief, so the sense is refreshing satisfaction, not just low temperature.

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