위하다

Korean

Etymology 1

위(爲) (wi, “for”) +‎ 하다 (-hada, “to do”, light verb deriving active verbs). From Middle Korean 위〯ᄒᆞ다〮 (Yale: wǔy-hòtá, “to do for the sake of”), appearing in the earliest Middle Korean texts in both Hangul and mixed script forms.

Pronunciation

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Verb

위하다 • (wihada) (infinitive 위해 or 위하여, sequential 위하니, hanja 爲하다) (transitive)

1. to help, to serve, to benefit; to honour, to esteem
2. to do for the sake of / for the purpose of

   세계평화를 위하여 ― segyepyeonghwa-reul wihayeo ― for the sake of world peace

Usage notes

Most commonly used in the indefinite (위하여/위해) and determinative (위한) forms, in structures such as 하기 위하여 (hagi wihayeo), 나라를 위하여 (nara-reul wihayeo).

Conjugation

Etymology 2

위(謂) (wi, “say; call”) +‎ 하다 (-hada, “to do”, light verb deriving active verbs).

Pronunciation

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Verb

위하다 • (wihada) (infinitive 위해 or 위하여, sequential 위하니, hanja 謂하다)

1. (archaic Literary Chinese-style Korean) to say; to call

Conjugation