Break

"Break" in Korean

휴게

hyuge

(rest or pause, usually from work)

까발리다

kkaballida

(to disclose or make known an item of news)

깨다

kkaeda

(transitive: to do that which is forbidden by (something))

깨트리다

kkaeteurida

(transitive: to separate into (to cause to end up in) two or more pieces)

부러뜨리다

bureotteurida

(transitive: to separate into (to cause to end up in) two or more pieces)

부러뜨리다

bureotteurida

(transitive: to cause (a bone) to crack)

부러지다

bureojida

(intransitive: to separate into (to end up in) two or more pieces)

부러지다

bureojida

(intransitive, of a bone: to crack)

부서지다

buseojida

(intransitive: to stop functioning properly or altogether)

부수다

busuda

(transitive: to separate into (to cause to end up in) two or more pieces)

부수다

busuda

(transitive: to cause to stop functioning)

쉬다

swida

(to interrupt or cease one's work or occupation temporarily)

쉬다

swida

(to win a game as receiver in tennis)

쉬다

swida

(billiards: to make the first shot)

잔꾀부리다

jankkoeburida

(gaming: to design or make a powerful, unbalancing but legal move)

Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.