Korean

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Etymology

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심(甚) (sim, severe, Sino-Korean morpheme) +‎ 하다 (-hada, to do, light verb deriving adjectives).

Pronunciation

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

Adjective

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심하다 (simhada) (infinitive 심해 or 심하여, sequential 심하니, hanja 甚하다)

  1. to be severe, to be extreme

Conjugation

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