상당

상당

"상당" means "considerable" or "significant."

In this context, '상당' is used to mean 'considerable' or 'substantial', describing the extent or degree of a noun (재산: wealth).

그는 상당한 재산을 가지고 있다.

He has considerable wealth.

Here, '상당히' is an adverb meaning 'quite' or 'rather', providing a degree modifier for the adjective (어렵다: difficult).

이 문제는 상당히 어렵다.

This problem is quite difficult.

In this case, '상당' is utilized as a description of time (기간: period), again emphasizing extent or degree.

상당 기간이 지나야 했다.

A considerable amount of time had to pass.