치밀다 Korean verb conjugation

rise, swell up

Every form of 치밀다 across the four speech levels. It is ㄹ dropping — ㄹ drops before ㄴ, ㅂ and ㅅ: 살다 → 삽니다. Regular, but universal.

기본형Principal parts

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

관형사형Modifier
치미는
아/어Infinitive
치밀어
-으니Since
치미니
합니다Formal
치밉니다

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 치밀어요치밉니다치밀어치민다

과거Past

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
서술Statement 치밀었어요치밀었습니다치밀었어치밀었다

미래·추측Future & presumptive

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
-겠-Will / must be 치밀겠어요치밀겠습니다치밀겠어치밀겠다
-을 것이다Going to 치밀 거예요치밀 것입니다치밀 거야치밀 것이다

의문Questions

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 치밀어요?치밉니까?치밀어?치미니?
과거Past 치밀었어요?치밀었습니까?치밀었어?치밀었니?

명령Commands

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
명령Do it 치미세요치미십시오치밀어치밀어라
청유Let's 치밀어요치밉시다치밀어치밀자

부정Negation

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
Not (short) 안 치밀어요안 치밉니다안 치밀어안 치민다
-지 않다Not (long) 치밀지 않아요치밀지 않습니다치밀지 않아치밀지 않는다
Cannot 못 치밀어요못 치밉니다못 치밀어못 치민다

높임Honorific

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 치미세요치미십니다치미셔치미신다
과거Past 치미셨어요치미셨습니다치미셨어치미셨다

관형사형Modifying a noun

현재Present
치미는
과거Past
치민
미래Future
치밀
회상Used to
치밀던

연결Joining clauses

-고and
치밀고
-게-ly / so that
치밀게
-어서so / and then
치밀어서
-으니까since
치미니까
-으면if / when
치밀면
-지만but
치밀지만
-는데and / but (setting up)
치미는데
-어도even if
치밀어도

진행In progress

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Is doing 치밀고 있어요치밀고 있습니다치밀고 있어치밀고 있다
과거Was doing 치밀고 있었어요치밀고 있었습니다치밀고 있었어치밀고 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.

걔네들이 씨불이는 걸 듣고 있으니까 막 부아가 치밀더라.

I was listening to their nonsensical ranting, and anger erupted inside me.

건축가들은 대체로 이런 치밀하고 전략적인 사고에 굉장히 뛰어납니다.

Architects are actually really, really good at this kind of resourceful, strategic thinking.

대신에 가방을 치밀하게 움직이거나 몸으로 지나가야 한다고 말합니다. 말 한마디 하는 것 대신에요.

Instead, there's this elaborate shuffling of bags and using your body to say that you need to get past, instead of using two words.

UN은 이들 범죄의 약 80% 정도는 대단히 조직화되고 치밀한 범죄 집단에 의해 저질러지고 있다고 판단합니다.

The United Nations estimates that 80 percent of it is from highly organized and ultrasophisticated criminal gangs.

자주 묻는 질문Common questions

How do you conjugate 치밀다 in Korean?

치밀다 (rise, swell up) is 치밀어요 in the polite 해요체, 치밉니다 in formal 합니다체, 치밀어 in casual 반말 and 치민다 in the plain written style. The past is 치밀었어요.

What is the past tense of 치밀다?

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

Is 치밀다 irregular?

Yes — it is ㄹ dropping (ㄹ 탈락). ㄹ drops before ㄴ, ㅂ and ㅅ: 살다 → 삽니다. Regular, but universal. That is why the stem looks different in 치밀어 and 치미니 but unchanged in 치밉니다.

What TOPIK level is 치밀다?

6급 — TOPIK 6, mastery.

Dictionary form, meaning, sentence patterns, examples and audio from the 국립국어원 한국어기초사전, used under CC BY-SA 2.0 KR.

Conjugations are generated by this site's own engine and checked against the 9,380 forms the dictionary publishes on every build.