면하다

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Korean

Pronunciation

  • (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA(key):
  • Phonetic hangul:
    • Though still prescribed in Standard Korean, most speakers in both Koreas no longer distinguish vowel length.
Romanizations
Revised Romanization?myeonhada
Revised Romanization (translit.)?myeonhada
McCune–Reischauer?myŏnhada
Yale Romanization?myēn.hata

Etymology 1

면(免) (myeon) +‎ -하다 (-hada, to do, light verb deriving active verbs).

Verb

면하다 (myeonhada) (infinitive 면해 or 면하여, sequential 면하니) (transitive)

  1. (of responsibility) to avoid, to evade, to get off
  2. (of a bad situation) to evade, to escape
Conjugation

Etymology 2

면(面) (myeon) +‎ -하다 (-hada, to do, light verb deriving active verbs).

Verb

면하다 (myeonhada) (infinitive 면해 or 면하여, sequential 면하니) (transitive)

  1. to face, to front
  2. to encounter (a situation)
Conjugation