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Korean learner dictionary

-히-

-hi- · -hi-

NIKL-backed definitions, English glosses, pronunciation, examples, and learner-level context.

Dictionary entry

NIKL target code 88505
Part of speech: 접사Level: Intermediate · NIKL learner grade
  1. 1.

    ‘사동’의 뜻을 더하는 접미사.

    English: -hi- — A suffix used to mean causation.

    Examples

    • 가라앉히다
    • 갈아입히다
    • 굳히다
    • 굽히다
    • 껴입히다
    • 눕히다
  2. 2.

    ‘피동’의 뜻을 더하는 접미사.

    English: -hi- — A suffix used to mean passivity.

    Examples

    • 가로막히다
    • 갇히다
    • 걷히다
    • 긁히다
    • 꼬집히다
    • 꼽히다
  3. 3.

    ‘사동’의 뜻을 더하고 동사로 만드는 접미사.

    English: -hi- — A suffix that means causation and makes the word a verb.

    Examples

    • 괴롭히다
    • 넓히다
    • 더럽히다
    • 덥히다
    • 밝히다
    • 붉히다