Korean

Alternative forms

• 며 (myeo) (used after a word ending in a consonant)

Adjective

이며 • ‎(imyeo)

1. While being one thing, also being something else.

Particle

이며 • ‎(imyeo)

1. Used to distinguish and connect two or more things.
   • 1929, Kim Gu, 백범일지 (Baekbeom Ilji).

     행보하는 법이며 체조며 온갖 조련.

     Every sort of military training, from the proper gait to gymnastics.

2. And.

Related terms

• -며 ‎(-myeo)
• 하며 (hamyeo)
• 되며 (doemyeo)

References

• National Institute of the Korean Language (Naver.com mirror) (accessed 2007-01-03), “이며”, in 표준국어대사전
• Choe, Jong-du (최종두), ed. (2005), “이며”, in 새국어사전, Seoul: Isangsa, page 693