Korean word

쌓이다

Pronunciation

Romanizationssaida

Meaning

  • verbpile up

Example

할 일이 쌓여 있어요.hal i ri ssa yeo i sseo yo

I have a lot of work piled up.

Illustration for 쌓이다 (pile up)

More examples

서류가 쌓여 있어서 처리하기 힘들어요.seo ryu ga ssa yeo i sseo seo cheo ri ha gi him deu reo yo

The documents have piled up, making them difficult to process.

Core concept

Objects or tasks collect on top of one another, making the amount larger and harder to ignore.

Common phrases

  • 서류가 쌓이다seo ryu ga ssa i da

    documents pile up

  • 일이 쌓이다i ri ssa i da

    work piles up

  • 스트레스가 쌓이다seu teu re seu ga ssa i da

    stress builds up

Similar words

쌓다ssata: To arrange items in layers, making the pile rise higher.
밀리다millida: To accumulate when work is delayed and cannot be handled on time.
쌓아 두다ssaa tuda: To deliberately leave stacked items in place for a while.

Definition in Korean

물건이나 일 따위가 위에 포개지거나 누적되어 많아지다.mul geo ni na il tta wi ga wi e po gae ji geo na nu jeok ttoe eo ma na ji da

Word origin

The word is built from the idea of piling and a form that shows the result happening to the subject, which connects its grammar with accumulation.

Usage tips

  • The subject is usually the thing that is accumulating, not the person causing it, which helps distinguish this state from an intentionally performed action.

Other meanings

  • be stacked upverb

Opposites

Related words

  • 쌓다ssatastackverb
  • 쌓아올리다ssaaollidastack upverb
  • 쌓아두다ssaadudastack awayverb

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