| 바르다 |
| 1. v. ((lang, …을 …에), lang, …을 …으로) to hang paper; to stick paper, cloth or the like with adhesive to a surface | |
| 벽지-를 벽-에 바르다 - to stick wallpaper on a wall | |
| 한지-를 바른 유리창 - a windowpane papered (over) with hanji (traditional Korean paper) | |
| 아이-들 방-을 예쁜 벽지-로 발랐다. - I papered the children's room with pretty wallpaper. | |
| 2. v. ((lang, …을 …에), lang, …을 …으로) to cover, plaster, cement; to attach to the surface of an object dirt, plaster or some other such substance | |
| 흙-을 벽-에 바르다 - to plaster the wall with dirt | |
| 벽-의 구멍-을 흙-으로 발랐다. - I plastered the hole in the wall with dirt. | |
| 3. v. ((lang, …에 …을)) to apply, spread, rub, put on; to rub water, paste, medicine, cosmetics, etc. onto a surface | |
| 상처-에 약-을 바르다 - to paint a wound | |
| 얼굴-에 분-을 바르다 - to powder one's face | |
| 입술-에 립스틱-을 바르다 - to rouge one's lips | |
| 도자기-에 유약-을 바르다 - to glaze ceramics | |
| 밤참-으로 식빵-에 버터-를 발라 먹었다. - I had some buttered bread for a midnight snack. | |
| 머리-에 기름-을 발랐다. - I greased my hair. | |
| 4. adj. (obsolete) to be hardened; to be solidified | |
| 5. adj. (obsolete) to become stiff | |
| 6. v. ((lang, …을)) to peel, flay; to remove the skin, shell, or outer layer of something to get to what is inside | |
| 밤-을 바르다 - to crack a chestnut | |
| 씨-를 바르다 - to remove a seed | |
| 7. v. ((lang, …을)) to bone, debone; to remove the meat attached to the bone; to remove fishbones | |
| 생선-을 발라 먹다 - to eat fish after deboning it | |
| 생선 가시-를 발라서 버리다 - to throw away a fishbone, after deboning a fish | |
| 8. adj. to be straight, upright, erect; without bends or curvature | |
| 길-이 바르다. - The road is straight. | |
| 줄-을 바르게 서다 - to line up straight | |
| 선-을 바르게 긋다 - to draw a straight line | |
| 옷매무새-를 바르게 하다 - to adjust one's dress to become straight (without creases) | |
| 의자-에 바르게 앉아라 - to sit in a chair straight | |
| 장롱-에 이불-을 바르게 개 넣어라. - to fold and put the bed erect in the wardrobe. | |
| 9. adj. to be right; to comply with the social norm in one's words or behavior | |
| 예의-가 바르다 - to be polite | |
| 생각-이 바른 사람 - a person with right thinking | |
| 마음가짐-이 바르다. - His mental attitude is right. | |
| 행실-이 바르다. - His behavior is right. | |
| 그-는 몸가짐-을 늘 바르게 한다. - He always behaves properly. | |
| 그-는 회사-에서 가장 인사성-이 바른 사람-이다. - He is the most polite person in the company. | |
| 10. adj. to be right, correct, honest, frank; to be consistent with the facts | |
| 역사-를 바르게 이해하다. - to understand history correctly | |
| 숨기지 말고 바르게 대답하시오. - Don't hide (the truth), answer honestly. | |
| 11. adj. right (direction) | |
| (ko-l, 바른손, right hand) | |
| (ko-l, 바른손잡이, right hander) | |
| 12. adj. to be sunshiny; to be sunny or bright | |
| 기르던 잉꼬-가 죽자 아이-들-은 양지-가 바른 곳-에 묻어 주었다. - When the parakeet died, the children buried it in a sunny place. | |
| (South Korea) 양지바르다 - sunny, be full of sunshine | |
| (North Korea) 해바르다 - sunny, be full of sunshine | |
| (ko-l, 볕바르다) | |
| (dialectal) (ko-l, 벳바르다) | |
| (dialectal) (ko-l, 양기바르다) | |
| 13. v. (figurative) (lang, …을) to overwhelm an opponent completely; to overpower or defeat an opponent | |
| 난 그-를 완전히 발랐어. - I totally defeated him. | |
| 우린 저 팀-에 완전히 발렸어. - We totally got decimated by that team. | |
| A: 야, 너랑 쟤랑 싸우면 누가 이겨? B: 아~ 내가 그냥 바르지~ - A: Hey, can you beat him? B: Yeah, for sure. | |
| 14. adj. (North Korea) uncommon, insufficient; rarely encountered | |
| 15. adj. fast, takes a short amount of time to do something | |
| 16. adj. ahead of the baseline or comparison in a chronological order | |
