심하다

Korean

Etymology

심(甚) (sim, “severe”, Sino-Korean morpheme) +‎ 하다 (-hada, “to do”, light verb deriving adjectives).

Pronunciation

  • (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA(key): [ˈɕʰi(ː)mɦa̠da̠]
  • Phonetic hangul: [심(ː)하다]
    • Though still prescribed in Standard Korean, most speakers in both Koreas no longer distinguish vowel length.
Romanizations
Revised Romanization?simhada
Revised Romanization (translit.)?simhada
McCune–Reischauer?simhada
Yale Romanization?sīmhata

Adjective

심하다 • (simhada) (infinitive 심해 or 심하여, sequential 심하니)

  1. to be severe, to be extreme
    • 두통이 아주 심한데, 두통약 좀 주시겠어요?
      Dutong-i aju simhande, dutong'yak jom jusigesseoyo?
      I have a very bad headache. Could you give me some headache medicine?

Conjugation

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