Korean

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Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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  • (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

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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

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Derived terms

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