봬요 or 뵈요? Write a Short Korean Meeting Message with the Right Ending

Write 봬요, not 뵈요, in a message such as “내일 봬요.” The National Institute of Korean Language explains that 뵈어요 shortens to 봬요. You cannot attach 요 straight to the stem 뵈- to make 뵈요.

Contents

1. 1. Start with the unshortened form
2. 2. Build one useful meeting message
3. 3. Proofread the ending and the appointment

1. Start with the unshortened form

For this ending, the longer form gives you a practical checking step: 뵈어요 → 봬요. Keep that pair on the same line of your study note. Merely adding a polite-looking 요 to a stem is not a general way to form every Korean polite sentence.

The distinction is about the written ending in this expression. It does not require you to replace every 뵈 in every sentence with 봬. In particular, this page is not a rule that the dictionary form 뵈다 is misspelled.

2. Build one useful meeting message

Practice message	What it adds
내일 봬요.	See you tomorrow.
오후 세 시에 봬요.	See you at three in the afternoon.
도서관 앞에서 봬요.	See you in front of the library.

These are original practice examples. Start with a time or place you genuinely need to communicate, then add the ending. Saying “See you tomorrow” does not by itself settle which entrance to use or whether an earlier suggested appointment was accepted.

For a study exercise, write a meeting card with a day, a time and a location. Turn it into a short message. Then read it from the other person’s position: is there enough information to find the meeting, or have you relied on a detail that only you know?

Read NIKL’s explanation of 뵈어요 → 봬요 (Korean)

3. Proofread the ending and the appointment

Use two passes. First check the language: can you expand 봬요 to 뵈어요 in the phrase you are practising? Second check the appointment details: day, time and place. Correct spelling cannot repair a wrong date, and a correct date does not make 뵈요 the right ending.

A small revision log can contain “first draft / corrected ending / detail I added.” It is more useful to explain the correction in your own words than to copy a long grammar answer into every message. The source is in Korean, so beginners can compare just the short pair first and return to the explanation with a teacher or dictionary.

Must every message use this expression?
No. This page practises one polite meeting expression. The relationship, situation and intended meaning still shape how you address another person.

Sources checked 20 October 2026: National Institute of Korean Language: shortened 뵈어요

The cover is an AI-generated conceptual illustration; the explanatory diagram is an original editorial aid.