The Korean word for to hold is
들다
Translations for to hold and their definitions
| 들다 | |
| 1. v. to come in, go in, get in, enter | |
| 숲-에 드니 상쾌하다. - It's refreshing to enter the forest. | |
| 무소부지-의 경지-에 들다 - to enter a state of all-comprehensive knowledge | |
| 2. v. to enter, penetrate | |
| 창문-에 해-가 너무 많이 들어. - There's too much sunlight coming in through the window. | |
| 3. v. to enter a road or path | |
| 왼쪽 길-로 들면 될 거야. - It should be fine once you go into the left street. | |
| 4. v. to cost | |
| 지하철-을 타는 데 1000원-이 들었다. - 1000/천 | |
| 5. v. to permeate in, to saturate | |
| 간-이 들다 - to be spiced | |
| 미국물-이 들다 - to be permeated with American influence | |
| 6. v. to be included in | |
| 계약서-에 들어 있습니다. - It's included in the contract. | |
| 일등급-에 들다 - to be in the highest rank of the Korean grading system | |
| 물이 어디에 들어 있어요? - Where is water in? | |
| 7. v. to occur | |
| 흉년-이 들었다 - A year of harvest failure occurred | |
| 8. v. to join an organization, to enter into a contract | |
| 보험-을 들었어. - I signed up for insurance. | |
| 9. v. to side with | |
| 10. v. (auxiliary) to insist on doing, to strive | |
| 11. v. (Various idiomatic usages with different types of subjects): | |
| 12. v. (with subject relating to thought) to think | |
| 이상한 생각-이 든다 - I get this weird thought | |
| 13. v. (with subjects relating to disease) to contract, get | |
| 독감-이 들다 - to get the flu | |
| 14. v. (with subjects relating to sleep) to fall asleep | |
| 낮잠-이 들다 - to fall into a nap | |
| 15. v. (with subject relating to habits) to get the habit | |
| 16. v. (with subject relating to taste) to get the taste | |
| 신맛-이 들다 - to get sour | |
| 17. v. (with subject relating to age) to get old | |
| 나이-가 들다 - to get old, to put on years | |
| 18. v. (euphemistic, with subject relating to a child) to get pregnant | |
| 19. v. (with a subject relating to a blade) to be sharp, cut well | |
| 20. v. to hold | |
| 칼-을 들다 - to hold a sword | |
| 코트-를 들어 드릴까요? - Shall I hold your coat? audio audio, 코트를 들어드릴까요？.ogg | |
| 21. v. to raise, lift up | |
| 손-을 들다 - to raise one's hand | |
| 나무-를 들다 - to lift up a tree | |
| 22. v. to offer proof, arguments, etc. | |
| 예-를 들다 - to provide an example | |
| 23. v. Alternative form of 먹다, t=to eat, from=honorific | |
| (synonyms, 잡수다) | |
| 할아버지, 저녁 드세요! - Grandpa, come out and have dinner! | |
| 24. v. (Jeolla) to bring |
| 쥐다 | |
| 1. v. to clench | |
| 2. v. to grasp, to grab, to hold, to squeeze | |
| 손-으로 쥐고 놓지 않다 - to hold something in one's hand and not let it go | |
| 그래서 그-는 격자 무늬 어깨걸이-를 벗고, 몸-을 구부려 양 꼬리-를 쥐고 당겼다. - So he took off his plaid, and bent down and took hold of the sheep's tail, and he pulled! | |
| 1895, Joseph Jacobs (ed.), 《More Celtic Fairy Tales》 〈The Tail〉(The original sentence in English) | |
| 3. v. to grab, to take hold of, to control, to have power to do as one wishes | |
| 4. v. to have (evidence, etc.) | |
| 5. v. to make, to have, to earn or have (money, wealth, etc.) |
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