매

(see above for suffixes)

First attested in the Worin seokbo (月印釋譜 / 월인석보), 1459, as Middle Korean 매〯 (Yale: mǎy).

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  • Though still prescribed in Standard Korean, most speakers in both Koreas no longer distinguish vowel length.

매 • (mae) (counter 마리)

1. hawk
2. (specifically) the peregrine falcon (Falco peregrinus)

   Synonym: 송골 (songgol)

• 鷹 (eung), the hanja for "hawk"

First attested in the Seokbo sangjeol (釋譜詳節 / 석보상절), 1447, as Middle Korean 매〮 (Yale: máy).

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매 • (mae)

1. whip, cane, rod (used for beating)

   매를 벌다 ― mae-reul beolda ― to make a rod for your own back (literally, “to have earned a whipping”)

   매를 맞다 ― mae-reul matda ― to be beaten with a cane

First attested in the Worin seokbo (月印釋譜 / 월인석보), 1459, as Middle Korean 매〮 (Yale: máy).

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매 • (mae)

1. (uncommon in isolation) millstone

Sino-Korean word from 每.

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  • Though still prescribed in Standard Korean, most speakers in both Koreas no longer distinguish vowel length.

매 • (mae) (hanja 每)

1. every; each

   매달 ― maedal ― every month

   매해 ― maehae ― every year

   매끼 ― maekki ― every meal

   그는 매 경기마다 최선을 다하면서 임한다.

   Geu-neun mae gyeonggi-mada choeseon-eul da-ha-myeonseo im-handa.

   He does his best in every game.

• See the hanja entry at 每 for Sino-Korean compounds of 매 (每, mae).

First attested in the Neung'eomgyeong eonhae (楞嚴經諺解 / 능엄경언해), 1461, as Middle Korean ᄆᆡ이〮 (Yale: mòyí), originally the adverbial form of Middle Korean ᄆᆡᆸ다〮 (Yale: mòyp-tá, “to be severe”) > modern 맵다 (maepda, “to be spicy”), but no longer perceivable as such due to sound and semantic shifts.

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• Phonetic hangul:
  • Though still prescribed in Standard Korean, most speakers in both Koreas no longer distinguish vowel length.

매 • (mae) (now chiefly dialectal)

1. carefully, with rapt attention

   일을 매 해라. ― Ir-eul mae haera. ― Do the work carefully.

2. severely

Sino-Korean word from 枚.

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매 • (mae) (hanja 枚)

1. Counter for sheets (e.g. paper or tickets)

• See the hanja entry at 枚 for Sino-Korean compounds of 매 (枚, mae).

• 장(張) (jang, “sheets of paper (in general)”)

Onomatopoeic.

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매 • (mae)

1. baa! (the bleating of a sheep)

   양이 매 하고 울었다. ― Yang-i mae hago ureotda. ― The sheep baaed.

Korean reading of various Chinese characters.

매 • (mae)