셈이에요

intend to; amount to

→ 셈

phrase Uncommon #11,979

intend to; amount to Used to describe an intended action, especially in questions, or to say that something is effectively equivalent to another situation. The more formal form is 셈입니다.

KO: 이렇게 계속할 셈이에요?

EN: Do you intend to keep going like this?

자살할 셈 이에요?

Are you planning to commit suicide?

— 더 위치 (2016)

죽일 셈 이에요?

Are you planning to kill me?

— 행복한 라짜로 (2018)

내가 죽인 셈 이에요

It's as if I killed them.

— 잉글리쉬 페이션트 (1996)

어쩔 셈 이에요?

What are you going to do?

— 바람계곡의 나우시카 (1984)