Meanings
- uncountableA Korean dish that consists of noodles and soybeans.
And if the pale, spring green julienne cucumbers placed on the hand-ground, snow-white soybean doesn’t tip you off, kongguksu is a highly nutritious dish that also happens to be vegetarian-friendly.
2023 June 29, Violet Kim, “Korean food: 39 dishes we can’t live without”, in CNN
Origin
- Korean콩“soybean”
- Korean콩국수
- Englishkongguksu
Borrowed from Korean 콩국수 (kongguksu), from Korean 콩 (kong, “soybean”) + 국수 (guksu, “noodle”).
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kongguksu. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/kongguksu
“kongguksu.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/kongguksu. Accessed November 4, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “kongguksu,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/kongguksu.
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