배우다

Korean

Alternative forms

Etymology

First attested in the Seokbo sangjeol (釋譜詳節 / 석보상절), 1447, as Middle Korean ᄇᆡ호〮다〮 (Yale: pòyhwó-tá).

Pronunciation

  • (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA(key): [pɛuda̠] ~ [pe̞uda̠]
  • Phonetic hangul: [/]
Romanizations
Revised Romanization?bae'uda
Revised Romanization (translit.)?bae'uda
McCune–Reischauer?paeuda
Yale Romanization?paywuta

Verb

배우다 • (bae'uda) (infinitive 배워, sequential 배우니) (transitive)

  1. to learn (of)
    배운 사람bae'un saramlearned person; person of letters
    운전 배우다unjeon-eul bae'udato learn to drive
    매일 새로운 배우다
    maeil saeroun geos-eul bae'uda
    to learn something new every day
    석존께서 중생 생로병사 배우신 출가 결심하셨습니다.
    Seokjon-kkeseo-neun jungsaeng-ui saengnobyeongsa-reul bae'usin hu chulga-reul gyeolsimhasyeotseumnida.
    The honored Shakyamuni [Buddha] decided to leave his family upon learning of how the sentient beings were born, aged, fell ill, and died.
  2. (dialect, nonstandard) to teach

Conjugation

Derived terms

  • 배움 (bae'um)
  • 배움터 (bae'umteo)
  • 배움길 (bae'umgil)
  • 배워주다 (baewojuda)
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