대신(에)
daesin(e)
Grammar · 1 sense
Instead of, compensate for, but
Examples
저 대신에 주문좀 해주시겠어요?
Could you order instead of me?
밥 대신에 피자를 먹을래요?
Will you have pizza instead of rice?
When you'd hear it
대신(에) is common in everyday conversation, including polite requests and casual plans with friends. The shortened form 대신 is also frequent, while 대신에 sounds slightly more explicit and appears often in careful speech and writing.
What learners get wrong
The noun comes directly before 대신(에), without 을/를: 저 대신(에) means “instead of me,” not 저를 대신에. With an action, use a form such as 먹는 대신(에) for “instead of eating.”
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