지양하다 Korean verb conjugation

to avoid, to refrain from

Every form of 지양하다 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
지양하는
아/어Infinitive
지양하
-으니Since
지양하니
합니다Formal
지양합니다

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 지양하요지양합니다지양하지양한다

과거Past

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
서술Statement 지양핬어요지양핬습니다지양핬어지양핬다

미래·추측Future & presumptive

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
-겠-Will / must be 지양하겠어요지양하겠습니다지양하겠어지양하겠다
-을 것이다Going to 지양할 거예요지양할 것입니다지양할 거야지양할 것이다

의문Questions

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 지양하요?지양합니까?지양하?지양하니?
과거Past 지양핬어요?지양핬습니까?지양핬어?지양핬니?

명령Commands

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
명령Do it 지양하세요지양하십시오지양하지양하라
청유Let's 지양하요지양합시다지양하지양하자

부정Negation

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
Not (short) 안 지양하요안 지양합니다안 지양하안 지양한다
-지 않다Not (long) 지양하지 않아요지양하지 않습니다지양하지 않아지양하지 않는다
Cannot 못 지양하요못 지양합니다못 지양하못 지양한다

높임Honorific

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 지양하세요지양하십니다지양하셔지양하신다
과거Past 지양하셨어요지양하셨습니다지양하셨어지양하셨다

관형사형Modifying a noun

현재Present
지양하는
과거Past
지양한
미래Future
지양할
회상Used to
지양하던

연결Joining clauses

-고and
지양하고
-게-ly / so that
지양하게
-어서so / and then
지양하서
-으니까since
지양하니까
-으면if / when
지양하면
-지만but
지양하지만
-는데and / but (setting up)
지양하는데
-어도even if
지양하도

진행In progress

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Is doing 지양하고 있어요지양하고 있습니다지양하고 있어지양하고 있다
과거Was doing 지양하고 있었어요지양하고 있었습니다지양하고 있었어지양하고 있었다

문형Sentence patterns

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

자주 묻는 질문Common questions

How do you conjugate 지양하다 in Korean?

지양하다 (to avoid, to refrain from) is 지양하요 in the polite 해요체, 지양합니다 in formal 합니다체, 지양하 in casual 반말 and 지양한다 in the plain written style. The past is 지양핬어요.

What is the past tense of 지양하다?

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

Is 지양하다 a regular verb?

Yes. Its stem never changes shape: 지양합니다, 지양하, 지양하니 all keep 지양하 intact. Only the ending moves.

What TOPIK level is 지양하다?

It carries no TOPIK grade. That is a fact about the published word lists rather than about the word — it conjugates by exactly the same rules as everything else.

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