세우다
se-u-da
Stopping a car and making a plan are the same gesture
The picture What was lying flat or rolling along is set upright, and made to hold its place. 세우다 sets something upright to hold its place; 눕히다 lays it out flat along the ground.
Where the picture shows up in 세우다
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a rolling thing halted in place
여기 잠깐 차 좀 세워 주세요.
yeo-gi jam-kkan cha jom se-wo ju-se-yo
Please pull the car over here for a moment.
A moving car pulling to the kerb, the wheels stopping, and the car standing still right there
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what lay down made upright again
쓰러진 의자를 다시 세웠어요.
sseu-reo-jin ui-ja-reul da-si se-wo-sseo-yo
I stood the fallen chair back up.
Two hands taking a chair that had fallen sideways and setting all four legs back on the floor
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something new made to stand on the ground
여기에 새 건물을 세운대요.
yeo-gi-e sae geon-mu-reul se-un-dae-yo
They say a new building is going up here.
Columns rising one by one on an empty lot until a building stands there
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a plan made to stand in the mind
먼저 계획을 세우고 시작합시다.
meon-jeo gye-hoe-geul se-u-go si-ja-kap-si-da
Let's set up a plan first and then start.
Scattered tasks in the head lining up in order and standing straight like posts
A plan is erected like a building: a shapeless thought is made to stand upright.
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a folded collar made upright
옷깃을 세우고 나갔어요.
ot-gi-seul se-u-go na-ga-sseo-yo
He turned his collar up and went out.
A folded-down collar taken in the fingers and raised upright around the neck
All of it in one picture
세우다 is the picture of making something stand upright and hold its place. A rolling car stands and it has stopped; a fallen chair stands and it can be used again; columns stand and there is a building; scattered thoughts stand in order and there is a plan; a collar stands and it wraps the neck. So wherever 세우다 goes, something that was lying or moving now stands upright and holds that spot.