ㅂ시오

Most formal command form

This is the highest formal command form, the level of the welcome greeting and the goodbye you hear in shops and stations, both of which appear here. It is respectful rather than bossy, which is why one line uses it to beg for a life to be spared and another to ask the crew for ninety minutes. Everyday requests use 세요 instead; the clipped jokey cousin is 십쇼.

Register: formal; service, ceremony and pleading