-처럼

Korean

Etymology

First attested in the Sohak eonhae (小學諺解 / 소학언해), 1586, as Middle Korean 톄로 (Yale: thyeylwo). From Sino-Korean 톄 (體, tye, “manner, way”) and the postposition 로 (-ro, “in ..., by ...”).

Pronunciation
Romanizations
Revised Romanization?-cheoreom
Revised Romanization (translit.)?cheoleom
McCune–Reischauer?ch'ŏrŏm
Yale Romanization?chelem

Particle

처럼 • (-cheoreom)

  1. like, as, as if
    이전처럼 ― ijeon-cheoreom ― like before
    형제처럼 ― hyeongje-cheoreom ― like brothers
    개미처럼 부지런하다 ― gaemi-cheoreom bujireonhada ― as hardworking as an ant
    내일 죽을 것처럼 살아라.
    Naeil jugeul geot-cheoreom sarara.
    Live as if you will die tomorrow.
    나비처럼 날아서 벌처럼 쏘다
    nabi-cheoreom naraseo beol-cheoreom ssoda
    to fly like a butterfly, to sting like a bee
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