-(으)ㄹ 만치
to the extent that
A older sibling of -(으)ㄹ 만큼. Same meaning, same grammar — but you will meet it in literature rather than in speech.
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When to use it
Attachment is the standard rule with the ㄹ short form: 만들다 gives 만들 만치. 만치 is a noun and takes a space, and it also attaches to nouns directly: 너만치.
The clause before it names the degree, exactly as 만큼 does: 놀랄 만치 조용했다 — quiet to a startling degree.
The two are interchangeable in meaning. The difference is entirely register: 만큼 is the everyday word, 만치 sounds literary and slightly dated.
Both share the proportion reading too: 노력한 만치 결과가 나온다 — the result matches the effort.
How to attach it
| Stem type | Form | Example |
|---|---|---|
| Ends in a vowel | -ㄹ 만치 | 놀라다 → 놀랄 만치 |
| Ends in a consonant | -을 만치 | 믿다 → 믿을 만치 |
| Ends in ㄹ | nothing added | 만들다 → 만들 만치 |
| Proportion reading | -(으)ㄴ 만치 | 노력한 만치 |
| With a noun | noun + 만치 | 너만치 |
| Everyday version | -(으)ㄹ 만큼 | 놀랄 만큼 |
In use
방 안은 숨소리가 들릴 만치 조용했다.
The room was quiet enough for breathing to be heard.
노력한 만치 결과가 따라오기 마련이다.
Results tend to follow in proportion to the effort.
눈이 부실 만치 하얀 벽이었다.
The wall was white to the point of dazzling.
그를 믿을 만치 오래 알고 지냈다.
We had known one another long enough for me to trust him.
손수 만들 만치 정성을 들였다.
He put in care enough to make it with his own hands.
아무도 너만치 잘하지는 못한다.
Nobody does it as well as you.
Compared with
-(으)ㄴ/는 만큼
The everyday form. Identical grammar and meaning; 만큼 is what people say and write today.
놀랄 만큼 조용했다. (current) / 놀랄 만치 조용했다. (literary)
-(으)ㄹ 정도로
정도로 emphasises reaching a threshold; 만치 emphasises matching an amount. In practice either fits most sentences.
놀랄 정도로 조용했다. / 놀랄 만치 조용했다.
-(으)ㄹ 만하다
Similar shape, different job. 만하다 rates something as worth doing; 만치 measures a degree.
볼 만하다. (worth seeing) / 놀랄 만치 (to a startling degree)
Watch out
손수 만들을 만치 정성을 들였다.
손수 만들 만치 정성을 들였다.
A stem ending in ㄹ already supplies it, as with 만들 거예요 and 만들 뿐이다.
숨소리가 들릴만치 조용했다.
숨소리가 들릴 만치 조용했다.
만치 is a noun and takes a space after the modifier. Only after a bare noun does it join: 너만치.
야, 그거 놀랄 만치 싸.
야, 그거 놀랄 만큼 싸.
만치 is literary and dated. In conversation, 만큼 is the natural word.
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