-며

Korean

Etymology

From Middle Korean 며〮 (Yale: -myé). See the main entry for more.

Pronunciation

• (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [mjʌ̹]
• Phonetic hangul: [며]

Romanizations
Revised Romanization?	myeo
Revised Romanization (translit.)?	myeo
McCune–Reischauer?	myŏ
Yale Romanization?	mye

Suffix

며 • (-myeo)

1. Post-vowel and post-ㄹ (l) allomorphic form of 으며 (-eumyeo).

Particle

며 • (-myeo)

1. Post-vowel allomorph form of 이며 (-imyeo, “and”).
2. Short for 고 하며 (-go ha-myeo, “while saying that...”).
3. Alternative form of 면서 (-myeonseo, “even though [one] said..."; "you said... right?”)