처럼: Like / As — Similarity

Like / as — marks that something resembles the noun before 처럼.

Before this, make sure you know: -아요 / -어요 , 보다 , 을/를

How to form it

When	Form	Example
Noun	N처럼	아이처럼 / 사진처럼
With 같다 often nearby	N처럼 …	모델처럼 보여요

처럼 means like / as — resemblance, not a scoreboard.

아이처럼 웃어요 — smiles like a child. Not “more than a child.”

Shape	Use
N처럼	like N

사진처럼 예뻐요.          It’s pretty like the photo.
구름처럼 부드러워요.      It’s soft like a cloud.
친구처럼 편하게 말해요.   I speak comfortably, like with a friend.

Particle	Job
보다 보다	than — ranking
처럼	like — similarity

*서울처럼 부산이 커요 is odd if you meant ranking. 부산이 서울보다 커요 = Busan is bigger than Seoul. 서울처럼 커요 = big like Seoul.

-어 보다 is the “try it” helper (입어 봐도 돼요?). Spelling overlap with 보다 confuses learners; 처럼 is unrelated.

Attach 처럼 to a noun. *먹다처럼 is not the beginner pattern — build 먹는 것처럼 later if you need a clause.

보다

than — the comparison particle

-어 보다

try doing — and in the past, "have you ever"

이다

to be — the copula that turns a noun into a sentence

In the Sejong course this appears in 이 원피스를 입어 봐도 돼요? — Sejong Korean 2, Unit 16, on the theme of 의복. These come with it:

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처럼cheoreomlike, as

원피스wonpiseudress (one-piece)

모델modelmodel

부드럽다budeureopdato be soft

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1. What does 처럼 mark?

2. 처럼 vs 보다?

3. Which is natural?

Can I put 처럼 on a verb?

Dictionary 처럼 follows nouns. For clause likeness you need a nominalised shape (…는 것처럼) — learn noun + 처럼 first.

처럼 vs -어 보다?

[[g:eo-boda]] is 'try doing.' Same unit title may show 입어 보다; that is not 처럼.

처럼 vs 이다?

[[g:ida]] identifies ('is a teacher'). 처럼 only claims resemblance ('like a teacher').

Do I need 더 with 처럼?

더 pairs naturally with ranking ([[g:boda]]). 처럼 does not need 더 for basic likeness.