이며

Korean

Alternative forms

  • 며 (myeo) (used after a word ending in a consonant)

Etymology

Formed from the copula 이다 (ida, “to be”) and the suffix -며 (myeo, “while being/doing”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key)[imjʌ̹]
  • Phonetic Hangul[이며]
Revised Romanization? imyeo
Revised Romanization (translit.)? imyeo
McCune–Reischauer? imyŏ
Yale Romanization? imye

Adjective

이며 • (imyeo)

  1. While being one thing, also being something else.

Particle

이며 • (imyeo)

  1. Used to distinguish and connect two or more things.
    • 1929, Kim Gu, 백범일지 (Baekbeom Ilji).
      행보하는 법이며 체조며 온갖 조련.
      Every sort of military training, from the proper gait to gymnastics.
  2. And.
  • -며 (myeo)
  • 하며 (hamyeo)
  • 되며 (doemyeo)

References

  • National Institute of the Korean Language (Naver.com mirror) (accessed 2007-01-03), “이며”, in 표준국어대사전‎
  • Choe, Jong-du (최종두), ed. (2005), “이며”, in 새국어사전, Seoul: Isangsa, page 693
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