양복

yangbok · TOPIK 1

suit (Western-style)

👔 洋服 = ocean (Western) + clothes: clothing from across the sea

양 (洋) means ocean and marks things from the West, as in 양식 (Western food) and 양말 (socks). 복 (服) means clothes, as in 한복 (Korean dress) and 교복 (school uniform). So 양복 is Western dress: a suit.

More Korean words · How Korean works