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치다 conjugation

to hit; to play (piano, tennis) · chida · sounds like [치다]

Short answer: “To hit” in Korean is 치다 (chida), which also means to play (piano, tennis). Polite present: 쳐요 (cheoyo); past: 쳤어요 (cheosseoyo); future: 칠 거예요. It is regular.

치다 in sentences

All forms of 치다

Present
Polite (해요) is the everyday safe choice; formal (합니다) is for news, announcements and work; casual (반말) is for close friends and younger people.
FormKoreanSounds likeRomanized
polite-아/어요쳐요[처요]cheoyo
formal-(스)ㅂ니다칩니다[침니다]chimnida
casual-아/어쳐[처]cheo
plain (written)-(느)ㄴ다친다[친다]chinda
formal question-(스)ㅂ니까?칩니까?[침니까]chimnikka?
is …ing (polite)-고 있어요치고 있어요[치고 이써요]chigo isseoyo
Past
FormKoreanSounds likeRomanized
polite-았/었어요쳤어요[처써요]cheosseoyo
formal-았/었습니다쳤습니다[첟씀니다]cheotseumnida
casual-았/었어쳤어[처써]cheosseo
plain (written)-았/었다쳤다[첟따]cheotda
Future
FormKoreanSounds likeRomanized
polite — will-(으)ㄹ 거예요칠 거예요[칠 꺼예요]chil geoyeyo
formal-(으)ㄹ 겁니다칠 겁니다[칠 껌니다]chil geomnida
casual-(으)ㄹ 거야칠 거야[칠 꺼야]chil geoya
formal — I will (intention)-겠습니다치겠습니다[치겓씀니다]chigetseumnida
Negative
FormKoreanSounds likeRomanized
not (short)안 …안 쳐요[안 처요]an cheoyo
did not안 …았/었어요안 쳤어요[안 처써요]an cheosseoyo
not (long)-지 않아요치지 않아요[치지 아나요]chiji anayo
cannot못 …못 쳐요[몯 처요]mot cheoyo
Honorific
Add -(으)시- when the subject is someone you respect (a teacher, a customer, an older person) — not yourself.
FormKoreanSounds likeRomanized
honorific — present-(으)세요치세요[치세요]chiseyo
honorific — past-(으)셨어요치셨어요[치셔써요]chisyeosseoyo
honorific — formal-(으)십니다치십니다[치심니다]chisimnida
Requests
FormKoreanSounds likeRomanized
please …-(으)세요치세요[치세요]chiseyo
please … (for me)-아/어 주세요쳐 주세요[처 주세요]cheo juseyo
please don’t …-지 마세요치지 마세요[치지 마세요]chiji maseyo
let’s … (formal)-(으)ㅂ시다칩시다[칩씨다]chipsida
let’s … (casual)-자치자[치자]chija
do … ! (casual command)-아/어라쳐라[처라]cheora
Connecting
FormKoreanSounds likeRomanized
… and-고치고[치고]chigo
… so / and then-아/어서쳐서[처서]cheoseo
if …-(으)면치면[치면]chimyeon
… but-지만치지만[치지만]chijiman
because …-(으)니까치니까[치니까]chinikka
… and / but (background)-는데치는데[치는데]chineunde
even if …-아/어도쳐도[처도]cheodo
while …-(으)면서치면서[치면서]chimyeonseo
in order to …-(으)려고치려고[치려고]chiryeogo
(go) to …-(으)러치러[치러]chireo
before …-기 전에치기 전에[치기 저네]chigi jeone
after …-(으)ㄴ 후에친 후에[친 후에]chin hue
Describing a noun
These go before a noun: “the food (that) I ate”, “a cold day”.
FormKoreanSounds likeRomanized
(that) … now-는치는[치는]chineun
(that) …ed-(으)ㄴ친[친]chin
(that) will …-(으)ㄹ칠[칠]chil
Useful patterns
FormKoreanSounds likeRomanized
I want to …-고 싶어요치고 싶어요[치고 시퍼요]chigo sipeoyo
can …-(으)ㄹ 수 있어요칠 수 있어요[칠 쑤 이써요]chil su isseoyo
cannot …-(으)ㄹ 수 없어요칠 수 없어요[칠 쑤 업써요]chil su eopseoyo
have to …-아/어야 해요쳐야 해요[처야 해요]cheoya haeyo
may … / it’s OK to …-아/어도 돼요쳐도 돼요[처도 돼요]cheodo dwaeyo
must not …-(으)면 안 돼요치면 안 돼요[치면 안 돼요]chimyeon an dwaeyo
…ing (noun)-기치기[치기]chigi

How 치다 changes

치 ends in a vowel, so 치 + 아/어 becomes 쳐 → 쳐요, 쳤어요. Endings written -(으) attach directly → 치면, 칠. 치다 is regular.

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Questions

How do you say “hit” in Korean?

“To hit” is 치다 (chida), pronounced [치다]. In a sentence: 피아노를 칠 수 있어요? — Can you play the piano?

What is the past tense of 치다?

쳤어요 (cheosseoyo) is the polite past tense of 치다 (“to hit”). Formal: 쳤습니다; casual: 쳤어.

How do you say 치다 politely?

Everyday polite: 쳐요 (cheoyo). Formal: 칩니다. Casual, with close friends: 쳐.

How do you say “I want to hit” in Korean?

치고 싶어요 (chigo sipeoyo), pronounced [치고 시퍼요].

Is 치다 irregular?

No. 치 ends in a vowel, so 치 + 아/어 becomes 쳐 → 쳐요, 쳤어요. Endings written -(으) attach directly → 치면, 칠. 치다 is regular.

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Forms follow 한글 맞춤법 (Korean spelling rules); pronunciation follows 표준 발음법 and romanization follows 국어의 로마자 표기법 (Revised Romanization). Last updated October 16, 2026. How we check