뜯다

Korean

Etymology

First attested in the Worin seokbo (月印釋譜 / 월인석보), 1459, as Middle Korean ᄠᅳᆮ다 (ptutta).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key)[t͈ɯt̚t͈a̠]
  • Phonetic Hangul[]
Revised Romanization? tteutda
Revised Romanization (translit.)? tteudda
McCune–Reischauer? ttŭtta
Yale Romanization? ttutqta

Verb

뜯다 (tteutda) (infinitive 뜯어, sequential 뜯으니)

  1. to tear, pick, pluck
  2. to graze (grass)
    목초지에는 풀을 뜯고 있는 몇 마리의 암소들이 있었다.
    Mokchojieneun pureul tteutgo inneun myeot mariui amsodeuri isseotda.
    There were some cows grazing in a field.
  3. to play (a stringed instrument)
  4. to disassemble, disintegrate, dismantle
  5. to extort, levy (fine, penalty, tax, tenth)

Conjugation

Synonyms

Derived terms

  • Causative: 뜯기다 (tteutgida)
  • 뜯어내다 (tteudeonaeda, “to tear off”)
  • 뜯어먹다 (tteudeomeokda, “to graze, bite off, sponge (on someone)”)
  • 물어뜯다 (mureotteutda, “to bite off”)
  • 헐뜯다 (heoltteutda, “to slander”)
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