No. 5,358 in Korean
되면서
"되면서" means "while becoming" or "as it becomes."
In a sentence
시간이 지나면서 기억들이 점점 흐려져요.
As time passes, memories gradually fade.
'되면서' is used here in a temporal sense to indicate progression over time, synonymous to 'as time goes'.
그가 열심히 공부하면서 더 자신감이 생기기 시작했어요.
As he studied hard, he started gaining more confidence.
In this sentence, '되면서' refers to the state or condition that is changing or progressing simultaneously with another action.
기술이 발전함에 따라 소통 방식도 다양해지면서 편리해졌어요.
As technology advanced, communication methods diversified and became more convenient.
Here, '되면서' describes the simultaneous development and improvement of multiple related actions.
Hear it in real podcasts
The recording above is a synthetic voice. Hear how people say “되면서” in actual Korean podcasts.
Find “되면서” in podcastsLearn it from shows you like
LangTurbo plays Korean podcasts with a transcript and the English under every line. Tap a word like this one and it tells you what it means right there. For iPhone, iPad and Android.
Learning English?
LangTurbo plays real English podcasts with every line translated into 한국어, and tells you what any word means in that sentence. For iPhone, iPad and Android.
Korean books and courses on Amazon (an affiliate link: a purchase through it supports this site).