숨막히다

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Korean

Etymology

Univerbation of (sum, breath) +‎ 막히다 (makhida, to become blocked or clogged).

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?summakhida
Revised Romanization (translit.)?summaghida
McCune–Reischauer?summakhida
Yale Romanization?swūmmak.hita

Verb

숨막히다 (summakhida) (infinitive 숨막혀 or 숨막히어, sequential 숨막히니)

  1. (active verb) to choke, suffocate
  2. (passive verb) to be choked, suffocated

Conjugation