This is the 1338th most frequent Korean word.
믿고
"믿고" means "trust and" or "believe and."
믿고 is used as the conjunction form of 믿다 (to trust), meaning 'trusting'. It connects two actions, trusting my friend and starting work with him.
나는 친구를 믿고 그와 함께 일을 시작했어요.
I trusted my friend and started working with him.
믿고 is used to express the basis for the decision to entrust a task, emphasizing trust as the reason.
너를 믿고 이 일을 맡기기로 했어.
I decided to entrust this task to you by trusting you.
믿고 is paired with 따르는, indicating 'trust and follow' as the combined action or trait in people being described.