Skip to content

New every day: Korea news, words and grammar — in your language

Pocket Korean

Dictionary › TOPIK 5

TOPIK 5verb

항의하다

hanguihada [항이하다]

항의해요 · 항의했어요 · 항의할 거예요 · 항의하세요

to protest, complain (formally)

Example

손님이 서비스가 나쁘다고 매니저에게 항의했어요.

The customer complained to the manager about the bad service.

Word parts

항 oppose의 discuss

Literally 'argue in opposition'.

Good to know

Use 에게/에 for the target: 회사에 항의하다; 시위 is a street protest, 항의 is any complaint.