숨막히다

Korean

Etymology

Univerbation of (sum, breath) + 막히다 (makhida, to become blocked or clogged).

Pronunciation

  • (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA(key): [ˈsʰu(ː)mma̠cçida̠]
  • Phonetic hangul: [(ː)]
    • Though still prescribed in Standard Korean, most speakers in both Koreas no longer distinguish vowel length.
Romanizations
Revised Romanization?summakhida
Revised Romanization (translit.)?summaghida
McCune–Reischauer?summakhida
Yale Romanization?swūmmak.hita

Verb

숨막히다 • (summakhida) (infinitive 숨막혀 or 숨막히어, sequential 숨막히니)

  1. (active verb) to choke, suffocate
  2. (passive verb) to be choked, suffocated

Conjugation

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