Korean Word of the Day: 물담배

물담배 is a combination of the words ‘물’ and ‘담배’. It literally means ‘water tobacco’. This is one of those cases where a Korean word is literally what the object does. A hookah is an instrument where the tobacco smoke is passed through water before being inhaled.

Like Alice’s Caterpillar

물담배

hookah

water

담배

tobacco

Published by Hannah & Shelbi

We are just 2 students who wish to share the love and joy of learning language through lesson posts and translations! We are doing this for fun, based on our experience and questions we ask native speakers. We are not fluent! Just passionate  ~ Hannah, Shelbi, and Jordan

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