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TOPIK 2verb

뵙다

boepda [뵙따]

뵙겠습니다 · 뵙고 · vowel endings use 뵈다: 봬요 · 뵀어요 · 뵐게요

to see, to meet (humble, someone senior)

Example

선생님, 다음 주에 찾아뵙겠습니다.

Professor, I'll come and see you next week.

Word parts

Humble verb: you lower yourself when meeting someone higher in status. Before vowel endings it switches to 뵈다 (뵈어요 → 봬요).

Good to know

Pronounced [뵙따]: 다 turns tense after ㅂ. The plain words are 보다 and 만나다; use 뵙다 for meeting teachers, bosses or elders, as in 처음 뵙겠습니다 'Nice to meet you'.