치우다

chiuda · [치우다]

move · clean · tidy up · empty

verbIntermediate

Meanings

  1. moveTo move an object to another place.
  2. clean; tidy upTo clean up a place or put things away.
  3. clean; emptyTo empty a room, etc., by moving things away or tidying them up.
  4. abort; give upTo stop doing something while in the process of doing it.
  5. eat upTo get rid of food by eating it.
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  1. have one's daughter marry(slang) To have one’s daughter get married.
Other Words Spelled the Same (1)

치우다 · auxiliary verb

  1. An auxiliary verb used to indicate that the subject does an action in the preceding statement easily and fast.

Examples from Lessons (3)

잠시 후 서연이 자리에 앉자, 민아는 웃으면서 컵을 살짝 옆으로 치웠다.

A moment later, as Seoyeon sat down, Mina smiled and moved her cup slightly to the side.

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I'll clean up so it's as clean as a new house.

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You just burned the frying pan a second ago and then tried to nonchalantly put the pot away like nothing happened, didn't you?

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Grammar in These Examples

Korean definitions, pronunciations and learner levels are from the Basic Korean Dictionary (한국어기초사전) by the National Institute of Korean Language, licensed under CC BY-SA 2.0 KR.

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