베이다

손가락을 베였어요.

I got my finger cut.

Uses the past tense '-었-' to show the accident already happened.

아! 손 베였어.

Ouch! I cut my hand.

Informal speech used in sudden situations.

칼 조심해, 베여.

Be careful with the knife, you'll get cut.

Present tense used as a warning of a potential future event.

종이에 베였어요.

I got cut by paper.

The particle '-에' indicates the cause (paper).

발을 베였어요.

I got my foot cut.

Object particle '-을/를' is used with the body part.

많이 베였어요?

Did you get cut a lot (badly)?

The adverb '많이' modifies the verb to ask about severity.

여기 베였어요.

I got cut here.

Using '여기' (here) to show the location of the injury.

안 베였어요.

I didn't get cut.

Negative form using '안'.

종이에 손을 베이지 않게 조심하세요.

Be careful not to get your hand cut by paper.

'-지 않게 조심하다' is a standard pattern for giving safety advice.

요리를 하다가 손가락을 살짝 베였어요.

While cooking, I cut my finger slightly.

'-다가' indicates an action was interrupted by the accident.

유리 조각에 발을 베여서 피가 나요.

I cut my foot on a piece of glass, so it's bleeding.

'-아서/어서' connects the cause (cut) to the result (bleeding).

면도하다가 턱을 베였는데 괜찮아요.

I cut my chin while shaving, but it's okay.

'-는데' provides background information for the statement 'it's okay'.

이 칼은 너무 날카로워서 잘 베여요.

This knife is so sharp that it cuts (you) easily.

'-어서' explains the reason why it's easy to get cut.

어디에 손을 베였는지 모르겠어요.

I don't know where (on what) I cut my hand.

'-는지 모르다' expresses uncertainty about the cause.

상자를 열다가 손등을 베였어요.

I cut the back of my hand while opening a box.

'손등' means the back of the hand.

베인 곳에 밴드를 붙이세요.

Please put a bandage on the place that was cut.

'베인 곳' uses the past participle form to mean 'the cut place'.

어제 종이에 깊게 베인 곳이 아직도 따가워요.

The place where I got deeply cut by paper yesterday still stings.

'따갑다' is the common feeling associated with a sharp cut.

통조림 뚜껑을 열 때 손을 베이지 않도록 주의해야 합니다.

You must be careful not to cut your hand when opening a can lid.

'-도록 주의하다' is a more formal way to say 'be careful to/not to'.

어릴 때 칼에 베인 흉터가 아직 남아 있어요.

A scar from being cut by a knife when I was young still remains.

'흉터' means scar.

손가락이 깊게 베여서 병원에 가서 꿰매야 했어요.

My finger was cut deeply, so I had to go to the hospital and get stitches.

'꿰매다' means to stitch or sew a wound.

풀숲을 지나가다가 날카로운 풀잎에 팔을 베였습니다.

While passing through the bushes, I got my arm cut by a sharp blade of grass.

'-에 베이다' can apply to natural objects like grass leaves.

칼에 손을 베였을 때는 바로 소독을 하는 것이 좋습니다.

When you cut your hand with a knife, it is good to disinfect it immediately.

'-을 때' indicates the time of the occurrence.

아이들이 깨진 유리에 베이지 않게 바닥을 잘 치우세요.

Clean the floor well so that children don't get cut by the broken glass.

'-게' here acts as 'so that' or 'in order to'.

너무 서두르다가 손을 베이는 경우가 많습니다.

There are many cases where people get cut because they are in too much of a hurry.

'-는 경우가 많다' describes a common situation or occurrence.

겨울철 찬 바람이 살을 베는 듯이 차갑습니다.

The cold winter wind is as cold as if it were cutting the flesh.

A metaphorical use of the root '베다' in a simile '-는 듯이'.

그의 날카로운 말에 마음을 베인 것 같은 기분이 들었다.

I felt as if my heart had been cut by his sharp words.

Abstract usage where 'heart' (마음) is the object being cut.

공장에서는 기계에 손이 베이는 사고가 빈번하게 발생합니다.

In factories, accidents where hands get cut by machinery occur frequently.

'빈번하게 발생하다' is formal vocabulary for 'occur frequently'.

오래된 종이는 끝이 날카로워 생각보다 쉽게 베일 수 있습니다.

Old paper has sharp edges and can cut you more easily than you think.

'생각보다' means 'than one thinks'.

그는 면도를 하다가 자주 베이는 편이라 전기 면도기를 쓴다.

He tends to get cut often while shaving, so he uses an electric razor.

'-는 편이다' expresses a tendency.

베인 상처가 깊지는 않지만 흉터가 남지 않도록 잘 관리하세요.

The cut isn't deep, but take good care of it so a scar doesn't remain.

'-지 않도록' means 'so that... not'.

날카로운 금속 판에 베이지 않으려면 장갑을 꼭 착용해야 합니다.

To avoid being cut by sharp metal plates, you must wear gloves.

'-으려면' means 'if you want to / in order to'.

그녀의 차가운 눈빛은 마치 얼음 칼에 베이는 듯한 느낌을 주었다.

Her cold gaze gave a feeling like being cut by an ice knife.

Literary simile using '마치' and '듯이'.

역사의 날카로운 칼날에 베인 민중들의 아픔이 느껴지는 작품이다.

It is a work in which one can feel the pain of the people cut by the sharp blade of history.

High-level metaphorical use in art/literary criticism.

수술 도중 혈관이 베이지 않도록 극도로 주의를 기울여야 했다.

Extreme care had to be taken so that blood vessels were not cut during the surgery.

Technical medical context.

그의 문체는 마치 날카로운 면도날에 베인 듯 간결하고 명확했다.

His writing style was concise and clear, as if cut by a sharp razor blade.

Using '베이다' to describe the quality of prose.

부주의로 인해 베인 상처가 덧나지 않게 항생제 연고를 발랐다.

I applied antibiotic ointment so the cut caused by carelessness wouldn't get infected.

'덧나다' means for a wound to worsen or get infected.

무심코 던진 한마디가 타인의 가슴을 깊게 베어 놓을 수 있음을 명심해라.

Keep in mind that a word thrown out carelessly can deeply cut another's heart.

Metaphorical use concerning interpersonal ethics.

극한의 추위 속에서 피부가 베이는 듯한 통증을 느끼며 산을 올랐다.

I climbed the mountain feeling a pain as if my skin was being cut in the extreme cold.

Describing sensory experience in extreme conditions.

유리창이 깨지면서 파편에 베인 상처들로 온몸이 피투성이가 되었다.

As the window shattered, the body became covered in blood from cuts caused by fragments.

'피투성이' means being covered in blood.

그는 날카로운 비판에 베인 자존심을 추스르기 위해 애를 썼다.

He struggled to pick up his pride, which had been cut by sharp criticism.

Abstract usage involving 'pride' (자존심).

존재의 심연을 베고 지나가는 고독의 칼날은 그 누구도 피할 수 없다.

No one can avoid the blade of solitude that cuts through the abyss of existence.

Philosophical and poetic language.

언어라는 칼날에 베인 진실은 때로 침묵보다 더 잔인하게 다가온다.

The truth cut by the blade of language sometimes comes across as more cruel than silence.

Complex metaphorical construction.

세월의 흐름 속에 베이고 깎여 나간 바위의 모습에서 무상함을 느낀다.

I feel the impermanence of things in the appearance of the rock, cut and worn away by the passage of time.

Using '베이다' to describe natural erosion metaphorically.

그의 눈빛에는 수많은 시련에 베인 상처와 그것을 이겨낸 강인함이 공존했다.

In his eyes coexisted the wounds cut by numerous trials and the strength that overcame them.

Sophisticated character description.

단 한 번의 실수가 돌이킬 수 없는 상처로 베여 남는 것이 인생의 비극이다.

It is the tragedy of life that a single mistake remains cut as an irreversible wound.

Reflective, fatalistic tone.

고전 문학 속에서 칼에 베인 영웅의 최후는 종종 숭고하게 묘사되곤 한다.

In classical literature, the end of a hero cut by a sword is often depicted as sublime.

Academic discussion of literary tropes.

현대 사회의 파편화된 인간관계 속에서 우리는 서로에게 베이며 살아간다.

In the fragmented human relationships of modern society, we live while being cut by one another.

Sociological metaphor.

그의 연주는 마치 영혼을 베어내는 듯한 처절한 아름다움을 지니고 있었다.

His performance possessed a desperate beauty, as if it were cutting out the soul.

Aesthetic description of art.