비하다 Korean verb conjugation

to compare

TOPIK 3 3급verb 동사regular 규칙Dictionary entry 단어

Every form of 비하다 across the four speech levels. It is a regular stem, so the endings below attach without changing it.

기본형Principal parts

The four forms the dictionary prints. Every other form on this page is derived from them.

관형사형Modifier
비하는
아/어Infinitive
비하
-으니Since
비하니
합니다Formal
비합니다

현재Present

The tense that does the most work. 해요체 is the one to learn first — it is polite without being formal, and it is what most conversation is in.

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
서술Statement 비하요비합니다비하비한다

과거Past

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
서술Statement 비핬어요비핬습니다비핬어비핬다

미래·추측Future & presumptive

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
-겠-Will / must be 비하겠어요비하겠습니다비하겠어비하겠다
-을 것이다Going to 비할 거예요비할 것입니다비할 거야비할 것이다

의문Questions

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 비하요?비합니까?비하?비하니?
과거Past 비핬어요?비핬습니까?비핬어?비핬니?

명령Commands

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
명령Do it 비하세요비하십시오비하비하라
청유Let's 비하요비합시다비하비하자

부정Negation

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
Not (short) 안 비하요안 비합니다안 비하안 비한다
-지 않다Not (long) 비하지 않아요비하지 않습니다비하지 않아비하지 않는다
Cannot 못 비하요못 비합니다못 비하못 비한다

높임Honorific

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 비하세요비하십니다비하셔비하신다
과거Past 비하셨어요비하셨습니다비하셨어비하셨다

관형사형Modifying a noun

현재Present
비하는
과거Past
비한
미래Future
비할
회상Used to
비하던

연결Joining clauses

-고and
비하고
-게-ly / so that
비하게
-어서so / and then
비하서
-으니까since
비하니까
-으면if / when
비하면
-지만but
비하지만
-는데and / but (setting up)
비하는데
-어도even if
비하도

진행In progress

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Is doing 비하고 있어요비하고 있습니다비하고 있어비하고 있다
과거Was doing 비하고 있었어요비하고 있었습니다비하고 있었어비하고 있었다

문형Sentence patterns

How the dictionary says this verb is used. The numbers are slots: 1 is the subject, 2 the object.

예문In real sentences

From the dictionary, each with its translation.

톰은 나이에 비해 작아.

Tom is short for his age.

그가 당신에게 할 일에 비하면 말이죠.

And get ready because that is nothing compare to what he will do to you.

이 책에 비하면 저 책은 짧다.

That book is shorter than this one.

여자들이 남자들에 비해서 이런 행동을 더 많이 하는 편이에요.

So women are much more likely to do this kind of thing than men.

자주 묻는 질문Common questions

How do you conjugate 비하다 in Korean?

비하다 (to compare) is 비하요 in the polite 해요체, 비합니다 in formal 합니다체, 비하 in casual 반말 and 비한다 in the plain written style. The past is 비핬어요.

What is the past tense of 비하다?

비핬어요 in everyday polite speech, 비핬습니다 formally. It is built from the 아/어 form 비하 plus ㅆ, which is why an irregular stem shows its irregularity here.

Is 비하다 a regular verb?

Yes. Its stem never changes shape: 비합니다, 비하, 비하니 all keep 비하 intact. Only the ending moves.

What TOPIK level is 비하다?

3급 — TOPIK 3, lower intermediate.

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