연하다

Korean

Etymology

연(軟) (yeon) + 하다 (-hada, to do, light verb deriving adjectives).

Pronunciation

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

Adjective

연하다 • (yeonhada) (infinitive 연해 or 연하여, sequential 연하니)

  1. to be soft; to be supple
  2. (of colour) to be light
    Antonym: 진(津)하다 (jinhada)
  3. (of a liquid) to be thin, to be dilute

Conjugation

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