쥐어뜯다 Korean verb conjugation

to tear out (hair)

Every form of 쥐어뜯다 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
쥐어뜯는
아/어Infinitive
쥐어뜯어
-으니Since
쥐어뜯으니
합니다Formal
쥐어뜯습니다

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 쥐어뜯어요쥐어뜯습니다쥐어뜯어쥐어뜯는다

과거Past

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
서술Statement 쥐어뜯었어요쥐어뜯었습니다쥐어뜯었어쥐어뜯었다

미래·추측Future & presumptive

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
-겠-Will / must be 쥐어뜯겠어요쥐어뜯겠습니다쥐어뜯겠어쥐어뜯겠다
-을 것이다Going to 쥐어뜯을 거예요쥐어뜯을 것입니다쥐어뜯을 거야쥐어뜯을 것이다

의문Questions

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 쥐어뜯어요?쥐어뜯습니까?쥐어뜯어?쥐어뜯니?
과거Past 쥐어뜯었어요?쥐어뜯었습니까?쥐어뜯었어?쥐어뜯었니?

명령Commands

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
명령Do it 쥐어뜯으세요쥐어뜯으십시오쥐어뜯어쥐어뜯어라
청유Let's 쥐어뜯어요쥐어뜯읍시다쥐어뜯어쥐어뜯자

부정Negation

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
Not (short) 안 쥐어뜯어요안 쥐어뜯습니다안 쥐어뜯어안 쥐어뜯는다
-지 않다Not (long) 쥐어뜯지 않아요쥐어뜯지 않습니다쥐어뜯지 않아쥐어뜯지 않는다
Cannot 못 쥐어뜯어요못 쥐어뜯습니다못 쥐어뜯어못 쥐어뜯는다

높임Honorific

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 쥐어뜯으세요쥐어뜯으십니다쥐어뜯으셔쥐어뜯으신다
과거Past 쥐어뜯으셨어요쥐어뜯으셨습니다쥐어뜯으셨어쥐어뜯으셨다

관형사형Modifying a noun

현재Present
쥐어뜯는
과거Past
쥐어뜯은
미래Future
쥐어뜯을
회상Used to
쥐어뜯던

연결Joining clauses

-고and
쥐어뜯고
-게-ly / so that
쥐어뜯게
-어서so / and then
쥐어뜯어서
-으니까since
쥐어뜯으니까
-으면if / when
쥐어뜯으면
-지만but
쥐어뜯지만
-는데and / but (setting up)
쥐어뜯는데
-어도even if
쥐어뜯어도

진행In progress

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Is doing 쥐어뜯고 있어요쥐어뜯고 있습니다쥐어뜯고 있어쥐어뜯고 있다
과거Was doing 쥐어뜯고 있었어요쥐어뜯고 있었습니다쥐어뜯고 있었어쥐어뜯고 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.

말 그대로 머리를 쥐어뜯었다니까

I've literally been tearing my own hair out.

총알을 봤잖아 그의 몸을 쥐어뜯다

You saw the bullet tear into his body.

근데 쥐어뜯고 싸우다 축구가 되려나

It's not football, it's soccer. That's what we call it in the States.

쥐어뜯는 것처럼 아픈 게 뭔지 알게 됐어

That day, I felt like someone was literally tearing my heart apart.

자주 묻는 질문Common questions

How do you conjugate 쥐어뜯다 in Korean?

쥐어뜯다 (to tear out (hair)) is 쥐어뜯어요 in the polite 해요체, 쥐어뜯습니다 in formal 합니다체, 쥐어뜯어 in casual 반말 and 쥐어뜯는다 in the plain written style. The past is 쥐어뜯었어요.

What is the past tense of 쥐어뜯다?

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

Is 쥐어뜯다 a regular verb?

Yes. Its stem never changes shape: 쥐어뜯습니다, 쥐어뜯어, 쥐어뜯으니 all keep 쥐어뜯 intact. Only the ending moves.

What TOPIK level is 쥐어뜯다?

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