처럼
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Grammar · 1 sense
like, as
Examples
설탕은 사탕처럼 단맛이에요.
Sugar tastes sweet like candy.
소금은 바닷물처럼 짠맛이에요.
Salt tastes salty like sea water.
카멜레온 혀는 번개처럼 빨라요.
A chameleon's tongue is as fast as lightning.
When you'd hear it
처럼 is common in everyday speech and writing, including descriptions, comparisons, and conversational explanations. It attaches to a noun and is natural in both casual conversations and formal prose.
What learners get wrong
처럼 marks a comparison to something else, while 같이 can also mean “together.” In a sentence such as 친구처럼 웃다, 처럼 means “like a friend,” not “together with a friend.”
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