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TOPIK 2adjective

편찮으시다

pyeonchaneusida [편차느시다]

편찮으세요 · 편찮으셨어요 · 편찮으신 (+noun)

to be unwell, to be sick (honorific)

Example

할머니께서 요즘 많이 편찮으세요.

My grandmother has been quite unwell lately.

Word parts

편 comfortable

편찮다 is short for 편하지 않다 'not comfortable', plus the honorific -(으)시-.

Good to know

Pronounced [편차느시다]: ㅎ is silent before a vowel. The plain word is 아프다; use 편찮으시다 for parents, grandparents and other elders, never for yourself.