Physical Descriptions

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English	Korean	Example
tall	키가 큰	My brother is very tall for his age.
short	키가 작은	She is short but very strong.
thin	마른 / 여윈	He looks thin after his long illness.
slim	날씬한	She stays slim by exercising every day.
skinny	깡마른 / 비쩍 마른	The skinny boy eats a lot of food.
slender	호리호리한 / 가냘픈	The dancer has a slender figure.
fat	뚱뚱한 / 살찐	Our cat is fat and very lazy.
overweight	과체중인	The doctor said I am slightly overweight.
chubby	통통한	The baby has chubby little cheeks.
plump	포동포동한 / 토실토실한	My grandmother is a plump, cheerful woman.
muscular	근육질의	The muscular trainer lifts heavy weights easily.
athletic	탄탄한 / 운동선수 같은	She has an athletic body from swimming.
well-built	체격이 좋은	The well-built guard stood by the door.
young	젊은 / 어린	The young man works at the cafe.
old	나이 든 / 늙은	An old man sat on the bench.
elderly	나이가 지긋한 / 연로한	I helped an elderly woman cross the street.
middle-aged	중년의	A middle-aged teacher joined our school this year.
teenager	십 대 / 청소년	My cousin is a teenager who loves music.
in his twenties	이십 대인 / 20대인	The singer is in his twenties, I think.
handsome	잘생긴	Everyone says my father was handsome when young.
pretty	예쁜	She wore a pretty blue dress today.
beautiful	아름다운	The actress has beautiful dark eyes.
cute	귀여운	Your little puppy is really cute.
good-looking	잘생긴 / 외모가 매력적인	Her brother is tall and good-looking.
attractive	매력적인	He finds her smile very attractive.
ugly	못생긴	The witch in the story was ugly.
plain	평범한 외모의 / 수수한	She has a plain but friendly face.
blond / blonde	금발의	The blonde girl in the photo is my sister.
brunette	갈색 머리의 여자	The brunette at the desk is our manager.
red-haired	빨간 머리의	The red-haired boy sits next to me.
grey hair / gray hair	흰머리 / 회색 머리	My grandfather has grey hair now.
bald	대머리의 / 머리가 벗어진	My uncle went bald in his thirties.
curly hair	곱슬머리	She has long curly hair like her mother.
straight hair	생머리 / 직모	Her straight hair reaches her waist.
wavy hair	웨이브 진 머리 / 물결 머리	I love your natural wavy hair.
long hair	긴 머리	He had long hair in college.
short hair	짧은 머리	Short hair is easy to wash and dry.
ponytail	포니테일 / 하나로 묶은 머리	She tied her hair in a ponytail.
fringe / bangs	앞머리	Her fringe almost covers her eyebrows.
beard	턱수염	He decided to grow a beard this winter.
moustache / mustache	콧수염	The chef has a thick black moustache.
glasses	안경	I wear glasses only for reading.
freckles	주근깨	She gets freckles in the summer sun.
dimples	보조개	He has dimples when he smiles.
wrinkles	주름	My grandmother has wrinkles around her eyes.
scar	흉터	He has a small scar on his chin.
tattoo	문신 / 타투	She has a tiny tattoo on her wrist.
pale	창백한	You look pale; are you feeling okay?
tanned	햇볕에 그을린 / 태닝된	They came back tanned from the beach.
fair skin	하얀 피부 / 밝은 피부	Her fair skin burns easily in the sun.
dark skin	어두운 피부 / 까무잡잡한 피부	The model has beautiful dark skin.
blue eyes	파란 눈	The baby was born with blue eyes.
brown eyes	갈색 눈	Most people in my family have brown eyes.
round face	둥근 얼굴	The child has a cute round face.
broad shoulders	넓은 어깨	The swimmer has very broad shoulders.
medium height	중간 키 / 보통 키	He is of medium height and quite slim.