-며

Korean

Etymology

From Middle Korean -며〮 (Yale: -myé). See the main entry for more.

Pronunciation

Romanizations
Revised Romanization?myeo
Revised Romanization (translit.)?myeo
McCune–Reischauer?myŏ
Yale Romanization?mye

Suffix

-며 • (-myeo)

  1. Post-vowel and post-ㄹ (l) allomorphic form of -으며 (-eumyeo)

Particle

-며 • (-myeo)

  1. Post-vowel allomorph form of -이며 (-imyeo, “and”)
  2. Short for 고 하며 (-go ha-myeo, “while saying that...”).
  3. alternative form of -면서 (-myeonseo, “even though [one] said..."; "you said... right?”)
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