때리다

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Korean

Etymology

First attested in the Worin cheon'gangjigok (月印千江之曲 / 월인천강지곡), 1449, as Middle Korean ᄣᆞ리〮다〮 (Yale: pstòlí-tá), originally meaning "to break, to smash, to crush".

Pronunciation

Romanizations
Revised Romanization?ttaerida
Revised Romanization (translit.)?ttaelida
McCune–Reischauer?ttaerida
Yale Romanization?ttaylita

Verb

때리다 (ttaerida) (infinitive 때려 or 때리어, sequential 때리니)

  1. (transitive) to hit, to beat, to strike
    사람 때리다
    saram-eul ttaerida
    to hit a person
    따귀 때리다
    ttagwi-reul ttaerida
    to slap in the face
    너무 많이 나서 모르게 친구 얼굴 때려 버렸다.
    Na-neun hwa-ga neomu mani naseo na-do moreuge chin'gu-ui eolgur-eul ttaeryeo beoryeotda.
    I was so mad that I hit him in the face before I knew it.

Conjugation