순하다

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Korean

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Etymology

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순(順) (sun) +‎ 하다 (-hada, to do, light verb deriving adjectives).

Pronunciation

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

Adjective

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순하다 (sunhada) (infinitive 순해 or 순하여, sequential 순하니)

  1. (to be) mild, gentle
  2. (to be) docile
    • 2012, Kyubyong Park, Learner's Korean-English Dictionary, Tuttle Publishing, page 283:
      아기 순하.
      I agi-neun cham sunhane-yo.
      This baby is so docile.
  3. (to be) mild, light
    순한 담배sunhan dambaemild cigarettes

Conjugation

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