며칠

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Korean

Alternative forms

  • 몇일 (myeochil) (misspelling)

Etymology

First attested in the Beonyeok Bak Tongsa (飜譯朴通事 / 번역박통사), before 1517, as Middle Korean 며츨 (Yale: myechul), from 몇 (Yale: myech, “how many”) + Proto-Koreanic *hoL (“day”). The modern form reflects a regular vowel shift after sibilants.

However, the great majority of Korean speakers today believe that the word is from 몇 (myeot, “how many”) + 일 (日, il, “day”), connecting it to a Sino-Korean word common in Modern Korean rather than the etymologically accurate but no longer productive Proto-Korean form. Accordingly, 몇일 (myeochil) is a very common misspelling.

Pronunciation

Romanizations
Revised Romanization?myeochil
Revised Romanization (translit.)?myeochil
McCune–Reischauer?myŏch'il
Yale Romanization?mye.chil

Noun

며칠 • (myeochil)

  1. how many days?
  2. which day?, what date?
    생일이 며칠이에요?
    Saeng'ir-i myeochirieyo?
    What date is your birthday?
  3. several days, a few days
    며칠 뒤, 그가 아팠고 죽었습니다.
    Myeochil dwi, geu-ga apat-go jugeotseumnida.
    A few days later, he became ill and died.

Synonyms

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