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Native Korean verbs with 3+ syllables

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-뱉다 verbs

RankingWordExplanationDefinition
4797뱉다 spit, expectorate; vomit, disgorge
5190내뱉다 spit out; blurt out, rap out (a complaint)

-태다 verbs

RankingWordExplanationDefinition
5221보태다 supplement, make up for, supply; add, sum

-쓸다 verbs

RankingWordExplanationDefinition
4443쓸다02마당을 ~sweep (with a broom); spread (an epidemic), devastate
5310휩쓸다 sweep away (the money on the gambing table), sweep (all the games), sweep over (the whole Europe)

-살다 verbs

RankingWordExplanationDefinition
55살다01 live
5478먹고살다 live on (one's salary), subsist on, earn one's living
6295잘살다 live in affluence, make a comfortable living, be well-off
16820못살다 가난하게 살다; 성가시고(troublesome) 견디기 어렵게 하다
19035얹혀살다

-켜다 verbs

RankingWordExplanationDefinition
2427켜다01성냥을 ~light, kindle; turn on
5604들이켜다01 drink up, gulp down, guzzle (beer, water)
11471켜다02나무를 ~saw (timber); play (the violin); spin (thread) off a cocoon
22004켜다04기지개를 ~그는 느긋하게 기지개(stretch)를 켰다 He stretched and yawned lazily.

-웃다 verbs

RankingWordExplanationDefinition
324웃다 laugh
5917비웃다 laugh, mock, ridicule, make fun of

-솟다 verbs

RankingWordExplanationDefinition
3241솟다01 soar, rise (a tower, a bird); gush, flow out (tears)
6317치솟다 (smoke, flames) rise suddenly; (prices) soar, shoot up; (anger) well up, surge up

-뜨다 verbs

RankingWordExplanationDefinition
1389뜨다01솟아오르다float, rise (a boat on the river, clouds in the sky)
1673뜨다05눈을 ~open (one's eyes)
4056뜨다04떼어 내다cut up (a slaughtered cow); slice (meat); scoop (a fish with a net, water)
6397들뜨다 (slab of floor stone) get loose; be very happy, be merry and playful; be restless, be flippant
7753뜨다03떠나다leave (a seat, a place), move on; die, pass away
8034눈뜨다 wake up; be awakened (to sex, to the stern realities of life)
11165부릅뜨다
32146뜨다02썩다(soybean) ferment; (leaves, complexion) turn yellow
32147뜨다06실로 장갑을 ~knit; stitch; tattoo
32148뜨다08본을 ~make (a copy), cut out (a pattern for a dress)
43178뜨다09속마음을 알아보다

-타다 verbs

RankingWordExplanationDefinition
260타다02버스에 ~take, ride (vehicle)
2121타다01장작이 ~burn
5568타다04월급을 ~receive, gain, win (one's salary, a diploma, a prize)
6424불타다 (building) burn, be in flames; (heart) burn, be aflame; (mountain) be aflame (with autumn foliage)
6500타다03물에 ~add, mix (water); water down, dissolve
9018갈아타다 change (to another bus), transfer to
9275올라타다 board, get on (a train), embark
10144애타다 be nervous, be much worried, be overanxious, be quite uneasy
11482틈타다
12164타다07때가 ~be apt to feel, be susceptible (to shyness, anger, etc.); be sensitive (to cold, heat); get dirty
29588타다06가야금을 ~play ¶ 가야금을 타다 play the Korean harp
55833타다08솜을 ~beat cotton out, willow cotton
55834타다09손을 ~사람이나 물건이 많은 사람의 손길이 미쳐 약하여지거나 나빠지다; […]

-짖다 verbs

RankingWordExplanationDefinition
6555꾸짖다 scold, rebuke, lecture
8178울부짖다 wail, lament, mourn loudly
9355짖다 bark
9586부르짖다 cry, shout, yell; clamor, cry out, advocate

-붙다 verbs

RankingWordExplanationDefinition
734붙다 stick to; join
6769달라붙다 (chewing gum) stick to (shoes); cling to (one's mother); (be tight) jeans; stick at (a job)
6841얼어붙다 (river) freeze, be frozen; freeze, be petrified (seeing a gun)
13252따라붙다
16788맞붙다
16989불붙다
18282눌어붙다
18711빌붙다
20239나붙다

-뚫다 verbs

RankingWordExplanationDefinition
3113뚫다 bore, punch (a hole); excavate, cut (a tunnel)
6975꿰뚫다 (bullet) pierce (his chest); penetrate, see through (one's heart)

-있다 verbs

RankingWordExplanationDefinition
888있다01 be (in a place)
7158가만있다 remain quiet, keep silent; well, let me see, just a minute

-얹다 verbs

RankingWordExplanationDefinition
2776얹다 put, place
7200끼얹다 pour (water, sauce), splash (water)

-덮다 verbs

RankingWordExplanationDefinition
2193덮다 cover
7218뒤덮다 (white snow, dust, sandstorm) cover (the city)

-묻다 verbs

RankingWordExplanationDefinition
289묻다03길을 ~ask
2282묻다01옷에 흙이 ~be stained with, with smeared with /(ask/bury)
3279묻다02시체를 ~bury
7492되묻다03 ask again, repeat one's question; ask back, counter a question by asking another
12966파묻다01
14951캐묻다

-맡다 verbs

RankingWordExplanationDefinition
633맡다01담임을 ~receive in custody; take charge of; be entrusted
4422맡다02냄새를 ~smell; suspect, sense/(take charge of, receive in trust)
7502떠맡다 be charged with (a duty), hold oneself responsible, take over (a business)
11695도맡다

-담다 verbs

RankingWordExplanationDefinition
609담다01넣다put into, bottle
7765몸담다 어떤 직업이나 분야에 종사하거나 그 일을 하다
18128귀담다

-감다 verbs

RankingWordExplanationDefinition
2125감다01눈을 ~close (one's eyes)
4036감다03실을 ~wind, coil (a rope, a clock); twine (one's arms round sb.); coil up (a snake)
8033눈감다 die, pass away; overlook, wink at, connive at
10364감다02머리를 ~wash, bathe (one's head)
13998휘감다

-쫓다 verbs

RankingWordExplanationDefinition
3089쫓다 drive away, repel (cats, a crowd); run after, chase (a thief)
8351뒤쫓다 pursue (a criminal), run after, trail, track
15328내쫓다

-삼다 verbs

RankingWordExplanationDefinition
676삼다02친구로 ~make (a thing) of, regard as
8515일삼다 do sth habitually; devote oneself to; indulge in
46895삼다01짚신을 ~

-틀다 verbs

RankingWordExplanationDefinition
2122틀다 wind, turn, twist
8783비틀다 twist (sb's arm); wring (water out of a wet towel)
22048통틀다

-닐다 verbs

RankingWordExplanationDefinition
9026거닐다 walk, stroll (along the beach), ramble

-쥐다 verbs

RankingWordExplanationDefinition
1413쥐다01 hold, take
9027거머쥐다 grasp, grab (an opportunity), take hold of greedily
10179움켜쥐다 grasp (a person's hand), grip, clench (one's fist), seize (power)

-몰다 verbs

RankingWordExplanationDefinition
2196몰다01 drive (a car); chase
9513내몰다 drive out (of the house); remove (a dictator from power); force (young men to war)

-익다 verbs

RankingWordExplanationDefinition
2975익다01감이 ~(fruit, rice) ripen, grow; be done (meat)
9561무르익다 ripen; be ripe
12589설익다

-맞다 verbs

RankingWordExplanationDefinition
378맞다01답이 ~be right; suit, fit
800맞다02손님을 ~receive, greet, meet
1546맞다03매를 ~be struck, be whipped
9689얻어맞다 get hit, receive a blow (on the head, in the stomach); be criticized
18387들어맞다
20395도둑맞다

-젓다 verbs

RankingWordExplanationDefinition
2559젓다01 row, paddle (a boat); stir, beat (eggs); sign, gesticulate
9886가로젓다 고개를 가로젓다 shake one's head
10928휘젓다
13189내젓다

-딛다 verbs

RankingWordExplanationDefinition
6578딛다01 step, tread (on the ground, barefoot); overcome (pain, hardship)
9960내딛다 set foot (on the moon), step (into society)

-잇다 verbs

RankingWordExplanationDefinition
737잇다01 join; continue
10483뒤잇다

-꼽다 verbs

RankingWordExplanationDefinition
3461꼽다01 count (days, on one's fingers), number, reckon; point out (as her favorite singer)
10618손꼽다

-짓다 verbs

RankingWordExplanationDefinition
247짓다01 make (breakfast), build (a house), write (a poem)
10795줄짓다
11091매듭짓다

-뇌다 verbs

RankingWordExplanationDefinition
11071되뇌다
31509뇌다03 repeat, say over again, reiterate

-벗다 verbs

RankingWordExplanationDefinition
1104벗다 take off; clear oneself of; get rid of
11150벌거벗다

-꼬다 verbs

RankingWordExplanationDefinition
6974꼬다01 twist (rope, hair); writhe (in agony); squirm (with shyness)
11180비꼬다

-트다 verbs

RankingWordExplanationDefinition
8970트다02벽을 ~make way (for a road); begin, open (a bank account)
11262싹트다
11479트다01손이 ~chap, be chapped (hands); sprout, bud out; break, dawn; clear
15607부르트다

-밟다 verbs

RankingWordExplanationDefinition
1919밟다 step on, tread on; follow, trail; go through, undergo
11431짓밟다

-씹다 verbs

RankingWordExplanationDefinition
2968씹다01 chew, bite
11587곱씹다
18371되씹다

-엎다 verbs

RankingWordExplanationDefinition
11708뒤엎다
15843엎다 upset (a glass of milk), overturn (a desk), turn upside down (a book); overthrow (the government)

-찌다 verbs

RankingWordExplanationDefinition
7385찌다05떡을 ~steam, cook by steam, heat by steam
7638찌다01살이 ~grow fat, gain weight, fatten (a pig)
11852살찌다
29281찌다07쪽을 ~쪽을 찌다 do one's hair (up) in a chignon

-뵙다 verbs

RankingWordExplanationDefinition
4609뵙다 humbly see, be presented too
12129찾아뵙다

-뿜다 verbs

RankingWordExplanationDefinition
7268뿜다 spurt, gush out, burst (smoke, water, a volcano, a gun)
12374내뿜다

-멀다 verbs

RankingWordExplanationDefinition
12389눈멀다
13285멀다01눈이 ~go blind; be hard of hearing

-끓다 verbs

RankingWordExplanationDefinition
2854끓다 (soup, water) boil; burn (blood, with rage)
12439들끓다

-뜯다 verbs

RankingWordExplanationDefinition
3634뜯다 take apart (a clock), dismantle, pluck (a chicken), unsew (clothes)
13794쥐어뜯다
16838물어뜯다

-묵다 verbs

RankingWordExplanationDefinition
5902묵다01오래된 상태get old (customs, theory, idea)
7769묵다02머무르다stay, lodge (at a hotel)
13955해묵다
18491묵다03먹다'의 방언‘먹다2(1. 음식 따위를 입을 통하여 배 속에 들여보내다)’의 방언(강원, 경남, 전남).

-깨다 verbs

RankingWordExplanationDefinition
2277깨다01술이 ~wake up; sober up; be enlightened
3394깨다02그릇을 ~break, smash (a dish, a nut); upset, frustrate
14741으깨다
40993깨다03알에서 ~

-짚다 verbs

RankingWordExplanationDefinition
2944짚다01 use, carry (a stick); put, rest (one's hand on a mat); feel, take (the pulse); point out (MULTI)
15430되짚다

-닿다 verbs

RankingWordExplanationDefinition
1434닿다01 reach
15476맞닿다

-팔다 verbs

RankingWordExplanationDefinition
657팔다 sell
15641사고팔다
16732되팔다

-맺다 verbs

RankingWordExplanationDefinition
1674맺다 knot, tie; make (a contract); finish (a speech)
16612끝맺다

-깔다 verbs

RankingWordExplanationDefinition
3180깔다 spread, lay (mats on the floor), cover, pave (streets)
16627내리깔다

-빼다 verbs

RankingWordExplanationDefinition
998빼다01가시를 ~take out; subtract; remove
16628내빼다
33432빼다02얌전을 ~차림을 말끔히(cleanly, neatly) 하다; 짐짓(on purpose) 행동이나 태도를 꾸미다; dress up
33433빼다03하지 않으려 하다두렵거나 싫어서 하지 아니하려고 하다; evade

-박다 verbs

RankingWordExplanationDefinition
2830박다01 drive, hammer (a nail, a post); hit, bump, crash (sth. against sth.); mount, set
17671처박다
18720뿌리박다

-닦다 verbs

RankingWordExplanationDefinition
810닦다01 polish (the floor); wipe (one's eyes); level (the ground); cultivate, train; build (a road, a foundation)
17963갈고닦다

-떼다 verbs

RankingWordExplanationDefinition
1070떼다01 take off; dismantle; draw apart/refuse
19310잡아떼다

-볶다 verbs

RankingWordExplanationDefinition
1698볶다 parch, roast/tease, pester
20448들볶다 annoy, tease, harass, torment, pester, nag, urge, press

-허다 verbs

RankingWordExplanationDefinition
4752허다01 ‘하다1’의 잘못
20565못허다