Word details
오다
- Pronunciation
- 오다
- Part of speech
- verb
- Vocabulary level
- beginner
- Homonyms
- 2
- Application
- 와 [ ]
오니 [ ]
오너라 [ ]
come
For something to move from another place to here.
join
To belong to an organization for employment, study, etc.
arrive; be bound for
For a means of transportation to run toward a destination.
be given
For a thing or right to be transferred to someone.
be attracted; be given
For attention, spotlight, etc., to be concentrated to someone.
come; arrive
For news, correspondence, etc., to be heard by someone.
get to; be available; pass through
For electricity to be conducted to produce illumination or cause an electric shock.
come
For luck, reward, or opportuntity to materialize.
come
For something to be felt or recalled by someone.
arrive; reach; come
To reach a place that one wants to go to.
come; arrive
For a state to occur in someone or something
come
To move from another place to here to attend a gathering that has a certain purpose.
be felt
For an unhealthy symptom to appear.
reach
For the length or depth to reach or get to a certain degree.
reach
To reach a certain time or period.
be slanted; be close
For something to be slanted toward a side.
come; arrive
For the rain, snow, etc., to fall, or for a cold spell to arrive.
come
For an illness, drowsiness, etc., to appear or occur.
come; arrive
For a time, season, etc., to come.
come; be caused
For something to occur due to a certain cause.
come; be passed
For something to be passed from one place to another.
come
To pass a path to move toward here.
come; visit
To move from another place to here for a purpose or business.
Idioms
오너라[오라] 가거라[가라] 하다
say 'come' and then say 'go'
To make someone bother to come and go.
오도 가도 못하다
be unable to come or go
To become unable to move from one location to another.
온다 간다 말없이
without saying that one comes and leaves
Stealthily without telling anyone where one is from or headed to.
올 것이 오다
Something that is supposed to come has come
For a negative event to happen as feared or expected.
왔다 갔다 하다
keep coming and going
To keep losing and regaining one's senses.
Proverbs
오는 날이 장날
One's coming day is a market day
Just when one is about to do a certain thing, something unexpected occurs by chance.
오는 말이 고와야 가는 말이 곱다
One talks nicely to others so that in turn they will do the same to them; What goes around, comes around
A person tends to speak or act nicely to others, if they do the same to him/her.
오는 정이 있어야 가는 정이 있다
One gives love to others, if they love one first
A person tends to love or care for others as much as they care or love for them.
오라는 데는 없어도 갈 데는 많다
One is not invited anywhere but still has many places to go
One has a lot of places to go or things to do even if one is not invited or acknowledged.