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TOPIK 5verb

진화하다

jinhwahada

진화해요 · 진화했어요 · 진화할 거예요 · 진화한 (+noun)

to evolve, to advance, to develop

Example

스마트폰은 지난 십 년 동안 놀랍게 진화했어요.

Smartphones have evolved remarkably over the past ten years.

Word parts

진 advance화 change

Literally 'advance and change.'

Good to know

A homonym 진화 (鎭火) means putting out a fire: 산불을 진화하다.