보필하다

Korean

Etymology

보필(輔弼) (bopil) +‎ 하다 (-hada, “to do”, light verb deriving active verbs).

Pronunciation

  • (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA(key): [ˈpo̞(ː)pʰiɾɦa̠da̠]
  • Phonetic hangul: [보(ː)필하다]
    • Though still prescribed in Standard Korean, most speakers in both Koreas no longer distinguish vowel length.
Romanizations
Revised Romanization?bopilhada
Revised Romanization (translit.)?bopilhada
McCune–Reischauer?pop'irhada
Yale Romanization?pō.phil.hata

Verb

보필하다 • (bopilhada) (infinitive 보필해 or 보필하여, sequential 보필하니, hanja 輔弼하다)

  1. to assist a superior (typically a ruler)
    대통령을 보필하다 ― daetongnyeong-eul bopilhada ― to assist the president

Conjugation

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