No. 2,628 in Korean
상당
"상당" means "considerable" or "significant."
In a sentence
그는 상당한 재산을 가지고 있다.
He has considerable wealth.
In this context, '상당' is used to mean 'considerable' or 'substantial', describing the extent or degree of a noun (재산: wealth).
이 문제는 상당히 어렵다.
This problem is quite difficult.
Here, '상당히' is an adverb meaning 'quite' or 'rather', providing a degree modifier for the adjective (어렵다: difficult).
상당 기간이 지나야 했다.
A considerable amount of time had to pass.
In this case, '상당' is utilized as a description of time (기간: period), again emphasizing extent or degree.
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