변하다

Korean

Etymology

변(變) (byeon, Sino-Korean morpheme for "change") + 하다 (-hada, to do, light verb deriving active verbs).

Pronunciation

  • (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA(key): [ˈpjɘ(ː)nɦa̠da̠]
  • Phonetic hangul: [(ː)]
    • Though still prescribed in Standard Korean, most speakers in both Koreas no longer distinguish vowel length.
Romanizations
Revised Romanization?byeonhada
Revised Romanization (translit.)?byeonhada
McCune–Reischauer?pyŏnhada
Yale Romanization?pyēn.hata

Verb

변하다 • (byeonhada) (infinitive 변해 or 변하여, sequential 변하니)

  1. (intransitive) to change
    Synonyms: 달라지다 (dallajida), 바뀌다 (bakkwida)
    사람 변하지만 강산 그대로.
    Saram-eun byeonhajiman gangsan-eun geudaero-da.
    People change, but the mountains and rivers are the same.

Conjugation

Derived terms

  • 변신(變身)하다 (byeonsinhada, to transform)
  • 변이(變移)하다 (byeonihada, to change, to mutate)
  • 변질(變質)되다 (byeonjildoeda, to change for the worse, to deteriorate)
  • 변천(變遷)하다 (byeoncheonhada, to change over the course of time)
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