피하다

Korean

Etymology

피(避) (pi) +‎ -하다 (-hada, to do, light verb deriving active verbs).

Pronunciation

  • (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA(key): [ˈpʰi(ː)ɦa̠da̠]
  • Phonetic hangul: [(ː)]
    • Though still prescribed in Standard Korean, most speakers in both Koreas no longer distinguish vowel length.
Romanizations
Revised Romanization?pihada
Revised Romanization (translit.)?pihada
McCune–Reischauer?p'ihada
Yale Romanization?phīhata

Verb

피하다 • (pihada) (infinitive 피해 or 피하여, sequential 피하니, hanja 避하다)

  1. (transitive) to evade
    그가 그 개를 피하려고 차를 오른쪽으로 틀렸어요.
    Geu-ga geu gae-reul piharyeogo cha-reul oreunjjog-euro teullyeosseoyo.
    He swerved his car to the right to avoid the dog.

Conjugation

See also