뽑힌

This is the 5908th most frequent Korean word.


뽑힌

"뽑힌" means "selected" or "chosen" in English.


The word 뽑힌 is used here to describe someone who has been chosen or elected for a role or position, which is a passive past participle form derived from the verb 뽑다 (to select or elect).

그는 대표자로 뽑힌 것을 자랑스러워 합니다.

He is proud of being selected as a representative.


In this sentence, 뽑힌 refers to the past action of pulling or plucking a branch, indicating that the branch was the passive object of the action described by the verb 뽑다 (to pull out or pluck).

뽑힌 나뭇가지에서 진액이 흘러나왔습니다.

Sap started to flow from the plucked branch.


Here, 뽑힌 describes the extracted state of a tooth, where 뽑다 is used to indicate the action of extracting or pulling, making 뽑힌 the passive past participle describing the state of the tooth.

뽑힌 치아를 살펴보니 상태가 매우 악화되었더군요.

When examining the extracted tooth, I noticed its condition was very deteriorated.