-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

• (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [t͡ɕʰʌ̹ɾʌ̹m]
• Phonetic hangul: [처럼]

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