Korean Word List

The purpose of this list is to give a rough idea of the Korean language. The words listed
below are not the most common words, but a broad sampling of words. See the Word
Lists page for more details.

Korean Transcription
English
(Hangugeo) (Revised Romanization of Korean)

I , na, jeo (humble)

you (singular) neo (familiar)
he geu
we , uri, jeohui (humble)
you (plural) neohui (familiar)
they geudeul
this i
that , geu (medial), jeo (distal)
here , yeogi, igot
there , , , geogi, jeogi, geugot, jeogot
who nugu
what mueot
where eodi
when eonje
how eotteohge
not , , anida, an, ani
all , [*adj.*] modeun, [*adv.*] modu
many manta
some , eotteon, jogeum
few jogeum
other dareun
one , hana, han
 two , dul, du
three , set, se
four , net, ne
five daseot
big keuda
long gilda
wide neolda
thick dukkeopda
heavy mugeopda
small jakda
short jjalda
narrow jopda
thin yalda
woman yeoja (Sino-Korean)
man (adult male) , namja (Sino-Korean), sanai
man (*human being*) saram
child , , eorini, ai, ae
wife , anae, manura
nampyeon (Sino-Korean), sanae
husband , ,
(disrespectful), bakkat-uhreun
mother , eomeoni, eomma
father , abeoji, abba
animal jimseung
fish mulgogi
bird sae
dog gae
louse i
snake baem
worm beolre
tree namu
 forest sup
stick makdaegi
fruit yeolmae
seed ssi
leaf ip
root ppuri
bark (of a tree) namukkeopjil
flower kkot
grass , pul, jandi
rope batjul
skin , salgat
meat , sal, gogi
blood pi
bone ppyeo
fat (noun) gireum
egg al
horn ppul
tail kkori
feather gitteol
hair teol
head meori
ear gwi
eye nun
nose ko
mouth ip
tooth , i, ippal (as of animals)
tongue (organ) hyeo
fingernail sontop
foot bal
leg dari
 knee mureup
hand son
wing nalgae
belly bae
guts ae
neck mok
back deung
breast gaseum
heart yeomtong
liver gan (Sino-Korean)
to drink masida
to eat meokda
to bite mulda
to suck ppalda
to spit chim baetda
to vomit geuda
to blow bulda
to breathe sum swida
to laugh utda
to see boda
to hear deutda
to know alda
to think saenggakhada (Sino-Korean)
smell (noun) naemsae
fear (noun) , duryeoum, museoum
to sleep jada
to live salda
to die jukda
to kill jugida
to fight ssauda
 to hunt sanyanghada
to hit , chida, ttaerida
to cut beda
to split gallajida
to stab jjireuda
to scratch , bibida, geukda
to dig pada
to swim heeomchida
to fly nalda
to walk geotda
to come oda
to lie (as in a bed) nupda
to sit antta
to stand seoda
to turn (intransitive) dolda
to fall tteoreojida
to give juda
to hold , japda, butjapda
to squeeze jjada
to rub munjireuda
to wash , ppalda, ssitda
to wipe dakda
to pull kkeulda
to push milda
to throw deonjida
to tie maeda
to sew kkwemaeda
to count seda
to say malhada
to sing , noraehada, bureuda
 to play nolda
to float tteuda
to flow heureuda
to freeze eolda
to swell butda
sun hae
moon dal
star byeol
water mul
rain bi
river nae
lake mot
sea bada
salt sogeum
stone , dol, bawi
sand morae
dust meonji
earth (soil) heuk
cloud gureum
fog angae
sky haneul
wind baram
snow nun
ice eoreum
smoke , yeongi (Sino-Korean), nae
fire bul
ash jae
to burn tada
road gil
mountain , , san (Sino-Korean), me, eondeok
 red , ppalgang, bukda
green , chorok (Sino-Korean), pureuda
yellow , norang, norata
white huida
black , , geomjeong, geomda, kkamata
night bam
day nat
year hae
warm ttatteuthada
chada (said of a tangible object), chupda
cold ,
(said of the weather)
chada, bureuda (said of one's stomach,
full , , *i.e.* to be satiated), [*adv.*]
gadeuk
new , sae, saeropda
old , yet, oraedoeda
good jota
bad nappeuda
rotten sseokda
dirty deoreopda
straight gotda
round dunggeulda
sharp (as a knife) , ppojokhada, nalkaropda
dull (as a knife) mudida
smooth budeureopda
wet jeotda
dry mareuda
correct , bareuda, matda
near gakkapda
far meolda
right oreunjjok
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