치열하다 Korean adjective conjugation
fierce, intense
Every form of 치열하다 across the four speech levels. It is 여 irregular — 하다 and every verb built on it: 하다 → 하여 → 해요.
기본형Principal parts
The four forms the dictionary prints. Every other form on this page is derived from them.
- 관형사형Modifier
- 치열한
- 아/어Infinitive
- 치열해
- -으니Since
- 치열하니
- 합니다Formal
- 치열합니다
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.
| 해요체Polite | 합니다체Formal | 해체Casual | 한다체Plain | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 서술Statement | 치열해요 | 치열합니다 | 치열해 | 치열하다 |
과거Past
| 해요체Polite | 합니다체Formal | 해체Casual | 한다체Plain | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 서술Statement | 치열했어요 | 치열했습니다 | 치열했어 | 치열했다 |
미래·추측Future & presumptive
| 해요체Polite | 합니다체Formal | 해체Casual | 한다체Plain | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| -겠-Will / must be | 치열하겠어요 | 치열하겠습니다 | 치열하겠어 | 치열하겠다 |
| -을 것이다Going to | 치열할 거예요 | 치열할 것입니다 | 치열할 거야 | 치열할 것이다 |
의문Questions
| 해요체Polite | 합니다체Formal | 해체Casual | 한다체Plain | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 현재Present | 치열해요? | 치열합니까? | 치열해? | 치열하니? |
| 과거Past | 치열했어요? | 치열했습니까? | 치열했어? | 치열했니? |
부정Negation
| 해요체Polite | 합니다체Formal | 해체Casual | 한다체Plain | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 안Not (short) | 안 치열해요 | 안 치열합니다 | 안 치열해 | 안 치열하다 |
| -지 않다Not (long) | 치열하지 않아요 | 치열하지 않습니다 | 치열하지 않아 | 치열하지 않다 |
높임Honorific
| 해요체Polite | 합니다체Formal | 해체Casual | 한다체Plain | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 현재Present | 치열하세요 | 치열하십니다 | 치열하셔 | 치열하시다 |
| 과거Past | 치열하셨어요 | 치열하셨습니다 | 치열하셨어 | 치열하셨다 |
관형사형Modifying a noun
- 현재Present
- 치열한
- 과거Past
- 치열한
- 미래Future
- 치열할
- 회상Used to
- 치열하던
연결Joining clauses
- -고and
- 치열하고
- -게-ly / so that
- 치열하게
- -어서so / and then
- 치열해서
- -으니까since
- 치열하니까
- -으면if / when
- 치열하면
- -지만but
- 치열하지만
- -는데and / but (setting up)
- 치열한데
- -어도even if
- 치열해도
문형Sentence patterns
How the dictionary says this verb is used. The numbers are slots: 1 is the subject, 2 the object.
- 1이 치열하다
예문In real sentences
From the dictionary, each with its translation.
경쟁은 치열해지겠죠.
Competition will get tight.
좋아요. 있는 그대로 얘기하죠. 치열한 싸움이었어요.
OK, let me not mince words. It was a fierce battle.
기업들의 HMR 시장 또한 치열하다.
HMR markets are also fierce.
대중화는 계속 진행중에 있습니다. 가격이 0이 되면 시장은 정말 치열하게 바뀔 것입니다.
They're being commodified, and that's what happens when things go to zero. It's a tough market out there.
자주 묻는 질문Common questions
How do you conjugate 치열하다 in Korean?
치열하다 (fierce, intense) is 치열해요 in the polite 해요체, 치열합니다 in formal 합니다체, 치열해 in casual 반말 and 치열하다 in the plain written style. The past is 치열했어요.
What is the past tense of 치열하다?
치열했어요 in everyday polite speech, 치열했습니다 formally. It is built from the 아/어 form 치열하여 plus ㅆ, which is why an irregular stem shows its irregularity here.
Is 치열하다 irregular?
Yes — it is 여 irregular (여 불규칙). 하다 and every verb built on it: 하다 → 하여 → 해요. That is why the stem looks different in 치열하여 and 치열하니 but unchanged in 치열합니다.
What TOPIK level is 치열하다?
6급 — TOPIK 6, mastery.
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