Korean edit

Pronunciation edit

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

Etymology 1 edit

면(免) (myeon) +‎ 하다 (-hada, to do, light verb deriving active verbs).

Verb edit

면하다 (myeonhada) (infinitive 면해 or 면하여, sequential 면하니) (transitive)

  1. (of responsibility) to avoid, to evade, to get off
  2. (of a bad situation) to evade, to escape
Conjugation edit

Etymology 2 edit

면(面) (myeon) +‎ 하다 (-hada, to do, light verb deriving active verbs).

Verb edit

면하다 (myeonhada) (infinitive 면해 or 면하여, sequential 면하니) (transitive)

  1. to face, to front
  2. to encounter (a situation)
Conjugation edit