겨우
Romanisation: gyeou
only then; barely
Example sentence
숙제를 겨우 끝냈어요.
Sukjereul gyeou kkeunnaesseoyo.
I only just finished my homework.
What 겨우 means
겨우 (gyeou) is an Korean word meaning “only then; barely”. It belongs to the Grammar & Phrases topic and appears at Level 3, so it is one of the words worth learning early when you study Korean.
More Grammar & Phrases words
Level 3
게다가
gedaga
moreover
에 따르면
e ttareumyeon
according to
에 대해
e daehae
about; regarding
허락하다
heorakhada
to let; to allow
만약
manyak
if
위해서
wihaeseo
in order to; for
영원히
yeongwonhi
forever
원래
wollae
originally; it turns out
어쩔 수 없이
eojjeol su eopsi
to have no choice but
기만 하면
-giman hamyeon
as long as
서서히
seoseohi
gradually
평소에
pyeongsoe
usually; ordinarily