취하다

Korean

Pronunciation

  • (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA(key): [ˈt͡ɕʰɥi(ː)ɦa̠da̠] ~ [ˈt͡ɕʰy(ː)ɦa̠da̠]
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  • Phonetic hangul: [취(ː)하다]
    • Though still prescribed in Standard Korean, most speakers in both Koreas no longer distinguish vowel length.
Romanizations
Revised Romanization?chwihada
Revised Romanization (translit.)?chwihada
McCune–Reischauer?ch'wihada
Yale Romanization?chwīhata

Etymology 1

From Middle Korean ᄎᆔ〯ᄒᆞ다〮 (Yale: cywǔy-hòtá).

취(醉) (chwi, “drunken”) +‎ 하다 (-hada, “to do”, light verb deriving active verbs).

Verb

취하다 • (chwihada) (infinitive 취해 or 취하여, sequential 취하니, hanja 醉하다) (intransitive)

  1. to get drunk, to become intoxicated
    오늘 밤은 술에 취하지 말거라.
    Oneul bam-eun sur-e chwihaji malgeora.
    [You] better not get drunk tonight.
    • 1812, “Song 247”, in 청구영언 장서각본/靑丘永言藏書閣本 [Jangseogak edition of the Cheonggu yeong'eon]:
      酒(쥬)色(ᄉᆡᆨ)을 삼가란 말이 녯사ᄅᆞᆷ의 警(경)誡(계)로되
      踏(답)靑(쳥) 登(등)高(고)節(졀)에 벗님네 ᄃᆞ리고 詩(시)句(구)를 읇흘 제 滿(만)樽(쥰)香(향)醪(료)를 아니 醉(취)코 어이 ᄒᆞ며
      旅(녀)館(관)에 寒(한)燈(등)을 對(ᄃᆡ)ᄒᆞ여 獨(독)不(불)眠(면)ᄒᆞᆯ 적의 玉(옥)人(인)을 만나 아니 자고 어이 ᄒᆞ리
      jyusaeg-eul samgaran mar-i nyetsaram-ui gyeonggye-rodoe
      dapchyeong deunggojyeor-e beonnim-ne darigo sigu-reul eulpeul je manjyunhyangnyo-reul ani chwiko eoi hamyeo
      nyeogwan-e handeung-eul daehayeo dokbulmyeonhal jeog-ui ogin-eul manna ani jago eoi hari
      Though it is the warning of the old to refrain from women and wine
      when I recite poems with my friends on the Double Third and Double Ninth, with a gobletful of fragrant wine about, what could I do if not get drunk
      and when I face the cold lamps at some inn—alone unable to sleep—and I meet a jade-like beauty then, what could I do if not sleep with her?
  2. (figuratively) to be intoxicated, to be enchanted (by), to be immersed (in)
    Synonym: 도취(陶醉)하다 (dochwihada)
    그녀의 아름다움에 흠뻑 취했다.
    Geunyeo-ui areumdaum-e heumppeok chwihaetda.
    [He] was hopelessly enchanted by her beauty.
    음악에 취하다 ― eumag-e chwihada ― to “get lost” in the music
Conjugation
Alternative forms
  • ᄎᆔ(醉)ᄒᆞ다 (chywihada) — Early Modern

Etymology 2

취(取) (chwi, “taking up”) +‎ 하다 (-hada, “to do”, light verb deriving active verbs).

Verb

취하다 • (chwihada) (infinitive 취해 or 취하여, sequential 취하니, hanja 取하다) (transitive)

  1. to take up, to acquire
    적당량의 휴식을 취하다
    jeokdangnyang-ui hyusig-eul chwihada
    to take an adequate amount of rest
    강경한 태도를 취하다
    ganggyeonghan taedo-reul chwihada
    to take a strong stance
Conjugation
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