Korean grammar patterns › Level 5
N을/를 비롯해(서)
including, starting with N (and others)
Level 5 · TOPIK II · advanced
How to use it
Names N as the main or first example of a larger group. Common in news and formal speech. Before a noun use N을 비롯한 N.
Forming it
| 서울 | → 서울을 비롯해서 |
| 부모님 | → 부모님을 비롯한 |
| 김치 | → 김치를 비롯해 |
Examples
서울을 비롯해서 전국에 비가 내리겠습니다.
It will rain across the country, including Seoul.
사장님을 비롯한 모든 직원이 회의에 참석했습니다.
All the employees, including the president, attended the meeting.
Compared with similar patterns
N은/는 물론 means 'not to mention N' (N is obvious); N을 비롯해 presents N as the leading item of a list.