갈림길

갈림 (gallim, “being divided”, from 갈리다 (gallida, “to be divided”)) + 길 (gil, “road”). Compare 갈래길 (gallaegil, “forked road”).

compound

from <i class="Kore mention" lang="ko">갈리다</i> (gallida, “to be divided”)

갈림길에 서다

2014, 전북경찰, 추석 연휴 생사 갈림길 시민구조 빛났다
전북지역 경찰관들의 슬기로운 대응이 추석 연휴기간 생사(生死)의 갈림길에 놓였던 시민들을 잇따라 구조해 주목을 받고 있다.
Jeonbukjiyeok gyeongchalgwan-deur-ui seulgiroun daeeung-i chuseok yeonhyugigan saengsa-ui gallimgir-e noyeotdeon simin-deur-eul itttara gujohae jumog-eul batgo itda.
The wise rescue actions of policemen in the Jeonbuk region during the Harvest Festival holiday period, in response to civilians who were at the crossroads of life and death, have put themselves under the spotlight.

(figuratively) crossroads, turning point or opportunity to change direction, course, or goal


구급차

[ˈku(ː)ɡɯp̚t͡ɕʰa̠]


김밥

desc

→ Japanese: キンパ (kinpa), キムパプ (kimupapu), キムパ (kimupa)

→ English: kimbap, gimbap

From 김 (gim, “a type of seaweed”) + 밥 (bap, “rice”). First recorded in the Joseon Ilbo (조선일보), 1925, as 김밥 (gimbap).

compound

kimbap (a Korean dish of steamed white rice and other ingredients rolled in sheets of dried laver seaweed and served in bite-size slices)


성별

[ˈsʰɘ(ː)ŋbjʌ̹ɭ]

Sino-Korean word from 性別 (“sex, gender”)


보이프렌드

재학시절에 특정한 보이프렌드를 가지는 경우는 극히 소수이고 대개는 담담하게 공부에 열중하는 율이 많다.

1960, “옛날과는 달라졌다 — 敎(교)授(수)가 본 요새 女(여)大(대)生(생) [Different from before: Female university students nowadays, as seen by a professor]”, in The Dong-a Ilbo

Students who have a specific boyfriend while at university are in the extreme minority; in general, a large percentage of students simply calmly concentrate on studying.

Jaehaksijeor-e teukjeonghan boipeurendeu-reul gajineun gyeong'u-neun geukhi sosu-igo daegae-neun damdamhage gongbu-e yeoljunghaneun yur-i manta.

"전화 건 애, 너의 「보이프렌드」니?" 조금 개화된 가정이면 고교생 동생에게 이렇게 농담조로 물어 볼 수 있다.

1966, “豫(예)備(비)淑(숙)女(녀) 女(여)高(고)生(생) (5) 미숙한「데이트」 [Ladies-in-training, high school girls (5): Inexperienced "dates"]”, in The Dong-a Ilbo

"The kid who just called, is he your 'boyfriend'?" If you live in a more modernized household, you can tease your little sister in high school like this.

Jeonhwa geon ae, neo-ui ‘boipeurendeu’-ni? Jogeum gaehwadoen gajeong-imyeon gogyosaeng dongsaeng-ege ireoke nongdamjo-ro mureo bol su itda.


오케스트라

[o̞kʰe̞sʰɯtʰɯɾa̠]


걸프렌드

[kʌ̹ɭpʰɯɾe̞ndɯ]

대부분의 學(학)生(생)들은 걸프렌드와 드라이브를 즐기거나 맥주를 마시면서 댄스를 즐기기도 한다.
Daebubun-ui 學 (hak) 生 (saeng)-deur-eun geolpeurendeu-wa deuraibeu-reul jeulgi-geona maekju-reul masimyeonseo daenseu-reul jeulgigi-do handa.

1969, “大(대)學(학)生(생)活(활) [University Life]”, in The Dong-a Ilbo

Most students go for a car ride with their girlfriends, or enjoy Western dancing while drinking beer.

날씬한 걸프렌드나 하나 달고 뮤직홀에 가서 소울이나 사이키델릭을 들으면서 레저를 즐기는 것도 퍽 모던한 취미가 아니겠어?

1970, “頒(반)布(포) 524돌 맞은 한글 反(반)省(성) [Reflections on the Korean language on the 524th anniversary of its [alphabet's] promulgation]”, in Kyunghyang Shinmun

If I were to go to a music hall with one svelte girlfriend at my side and indulge in leisure while listening to soul or psychedelic [music], wouldn't that be a very fashionable hobby too?

Nalssinhan geolpeurendeu-na hana dalgo myujikhor-e gaseo sour-ina saikidellig-eul deureumyeonseo rejeo-reul jeulgineun geot-do peok modeonhan chwimi-ga ani-gess-eo?

이스탄불에서의 데이트는 셋이서 한다. 걸프렌드의 자매나 사촌자매가 꼭 따라야 하기 때문이다.

1974, “西(서)域(역) 萬(만)里(리) 終(종)着(착)地(지) 이스탄불 [Istanbul, the end point of ten thousand leagues towards the Western Regions]”, in The Chosun Ilbo

A date in Istanbul is always between three. This is because a sister or female cousin of the girlfriend must always follow her.

Iseutanbur-eseo-ui deiteu-neun ses-i-seo handa. Geolpeurendeu-ui jamae-na sachonjamae-ga kkok ttaraya hagi ttaemun-ida.


이마

First attested in the Seokbo sangjeol (釋譜詳節 / 석보상절), 1447, as Middle Korean 니맣〮 (Yale: nìmáh), from pre-Middle Korean *nìmák. Beyond Middle Korean, the second syllable in Jeolla dialect 대망 (daemang, “forehead”) and Jeju 대맹이 (daemaeng'i, “head”) may suggest that *-mak was originally a separate morpheme; these two words seem to share the same first morpheme as 대가리 (daegari, “head”), which is widely recognized as a compound. *nìmák may then originally have been multimorphemic. However, it is also possible that 대망 (daemang, “forehead”) is simply unrelated and has no bearing on the etymology of 이마 (ima).

ko-etym-native

general Liaoning Korean, no region specified

임뎅이ABDITIVENote: Korean varieties also have vulgar 이마빡 and variants

the extent to which the vulgar form is acceptable in conversation

will vary according to dialect.This table is an amalgamation of surveys of speakers mostly born before 1950 and may not reflect the language of younger speakers

which has lexically converged towards the standard Seoul dialect in both North and South Koreas


자명종

[t͡ɕa̠mjʌ̹ŋd͡ʑo̞ŋ]

Sino-Korean word from 自鳴鐘, from 自 (“self”) + 鳴 (“to cry (of animals), to chime”) + 鐘 (“clock”)


온도계

Sino-Korean word from 溫度計 (“thermometer”)


쌍안경

ssang'an'gyeong (romanization)
雙眼鏡 (hanja)

[s͈a̠ŋa̠nɡjʌ̹ŋ]

Sino-Korean word from 雙眼鏡, from 雙 (“double”) + 眼 (“eye”) + 鏡 (“mirror”)


찬장

[ˈt͡ɕʰa̠(ː)ɲd͡ʑa̠ŋ]

Sino-Korean word from 饌欌, from 饌 (“food, delicacies”) + 欌 (“cabinet”)


벽장

[pjʌ̹k̚t͡ɕ͈a̠ŋ]

Sino-Korean word from 壁欌, from 壁 (“wall”) + 欌 (“cabinet”)


스쿠터

[sʰɯkʰutʰʌ̹]


광천수

Sino-Korean word from 鑛泉水 (“mineral water”)


웹 브라우저

[we̞p̚ pɯɾa̠ud͡ʑʌ̹]


코드

나는 그 노래의 코드를 땄다.

I figured out the chords of that song just by listening.


스푸트니크

sputnik (a Soviet unmanned space satellite)


무슬림

From Arabic مُسْلِم (muslim, “one who submits”).


꾸란

Alternative form of 코란 (Koran, “the Quran”).


회교도

Sino-Korean word from 回敎徒 (“Muslim (believer of Islam)”)


연속극

Sino-Korean word from 連續劇 (“TV series, soap opera”)


기독교

Sino-Korean word from 基督敎, from 基督 + 敎, orthographic borrowing from Japanese 基督教 (Kirisuto-kyō)


횃불

Of native Korean origin. From 홰 (hwae, “torch”) + ㅅ (-s-) + 불 (bul, “fire”).


라우터

Borrowed from English router, based on one American pronunciation.


천문대

Sino-Korean word from 天文臺 (“observatory”)


여왕

Sino-Korean word from 女王, from 女 (“female”) + 王 (“king”)


미인

Sino-Korean word from 美人, from 美 (“beautiful”) + 人 (“person”)


무예

Sino-Korean word from 武藝 (“martial art”)


트럼프

[tʰɯɾʌ̹mpʰɯ]

도널드 트럼프


백반

Sino-Korean word from 白飯, from 白 (“white”) + 飯 (“(cooked) rice”)

meal with a bowl of rice, soup, and side dishes; plain, cooked rice


무술

Sino-Korean word from 武術 (“martial art, wushu”)


여신

Sino-Korean word from 女神, from 女 (“female”) + 神 (“god”)


정오

[ˈt͡ɕɘ(ː)ŋo̞]

Sino-Korean word from 正午 (“noon, midday”)

ko-etym-sino

정오 전에 호텔에서 체크아웃해야 해요.

Be sure to check out of the hotel before noon.

jeong'o jeone hotereseo chekeuauthaeya haeyo.


백신

2018, Experts: Polio Could Again Spread Worldwide
효과적인 백신 덕분에, 소아마비 바이러스는 세상의 대부분의 곳에서 사라졌다.
Hyogwajeog-in baeksin deokbune, soamabi baireoseu-neun sesang-ui daebubun-ui gos-eseo sarajeotda.
Thanks to an effective vaccine, the polio virus has disappeared from most of the world.


위안부

Sino-Korean word from 慰安婦, from 慰安 (“comfort”) + 婦 (“woman”), from an orthographic borrowing from Japanese 慰安婦(いあんふ) (ianfu).

(historical) comfort woman (woman forced to serve the Japanese military during the Pacific War)


네거리

[ˈne̞(ː)ɡʌ̹ɾi]


엿새

(dated, rare) the sixth day of the month


닷새

(dated, rare) the fifth day of the month


여드레

First attested in the Worin seokbo (月印釋譜 / 월인석보), 1459, as Middle Korean 여ᄃᆞ〮래 (Yale: yètólày).

ko-etym-native

(dated, rare) the eighth day of the month


이레

First attested in the Seokbo sangjeol (釋譜詳節 / 석보상절), 1447, as Middle Korean 닐웨〮 (Yale: nìlGwéy).

(dated, rare) the seventh day of the month


아흐레

(dated, rare) the ninth day of the month


사흘

First attested in the Yongbi eocheon'ga (龍飛御天歌 / 용비어천가), 1447, as Middle Korean 사ᄋᆞᆯ〮 (Yale: sàól), from Proto-Koreanic *se (“three”) + *hoL (“day”). Also attested in the Bullyu dugongbu si eonhae (分類杜工部詩諺解 / 분류두공부시언해), 1481, as Middle Korean 사ᄒᆞᆯ〮 (Yale: sàhól).
Cognate with Jeju 사흘 (saheul).


이틀

First attested in the Bullyu dugongbu si eonhae (分類杜工部詩諺解 / 분류두공부시언해), 1481, as Middle Korean 이틀〮 (Yale: ìthúl), from Proto-Koreanic *it (“two?”) + *hoL (“day”). The numerical root survives in other words such as 이듬 (ideum, “second plowing of the fields”), 이듬해 (ideumhae, “next year”), 이듭 (ideup, “two years of age (of an animal)”). Cognate with Jeju 이틀 (iteul).


성서

[ˈsʰɘ(ː)ŋsʰʌ̹]


운전 면허증

ko-noun

운전 면허증 • (unjeon myeonheojeung) (hanja 運轉免許證)

unjeon myeonheojeung (romanization)
運轉免許證 (hanja)

[ˈu(ː)ɲd͡ʑʌ̹n mjʌ̹nɦʌ̹t͡ɕ͈ɯŋ]

Sino-Korean word from 運轉免許證 (“driver's license”).


열차

[jʌ̹ʎt͡ɕʰa̠]


털

First attested in the Seokbo sangjeol (釋譜詳節 / 석보상절), 1447, as Middle Korean 터리〮 (Yale: thèlí). Possibly from Goguryeo /*tel/, as seen in 鐵~毛乙.


혈액형

hyeoraekhyeong (romanization)
血液型 (hanja)

[çʌ̹ɾɛcçʌ̹ŋ]

[çʌ̹ɾe̞cçʌ̹ŋ]

Sino-Korean word from 血液型, from 血液 (“blood”) + 型 (“type”).


열매

From Early Modern Korean 열ᄆᆡ (yelmoy), 열매 (yelmay).
Displaced Middle Korean 여름〮 (yèlúm, “fruit”), a nominalization of 열〯다〮 (yěltá, “to ripen”), due to normal sound changes transforming 녀름〮 (nyèlúm, “summer”) into the homophone 여름 (yelum, “summer”). From Old Korean 菓音 (*YELUm).


빨강

빨강:


혜성

[ˈçe̞(ː)sʰʌ̹ŋ]

[ˈhe̞(ː)sʰʌ̹ŋ]


딸꾹질

[t͈a̠ɭk͈uk̚t͡ɕ͈iɭ]

딸꾹 (ttalkkuk, “hiccup”) + 질 (-jil, “act of doing”)


유대인

From 유대 (Yudae, “Judea”, from English Judea) + 인(人) (-in, “person”).

com

from English <i class="Latn mention" lang="en">Judea</i>


달빛

Of native Korean origin. From 달 (dal, “moon”) + 빛 (bit, “light”).


별빛

Of native Korean origin. From 별 (byeol, “star”) + 빛 (bit, “light”).


겨자

First attested in the Seokbo sangjeol (釋譜詳節 / 석보상절), 1447, as Middle Korean 계ᄌᆞ〮 (Yale: kyèycó), borrowed from Early Mandarin 芥子.


식초

[ɕʰik̚t͡ɕʰo̞]


핵무기

핵무기 폐기


개인숭배

gaeinsungbae (romanization)
個人崇拜 (hanja)

Sino-Korean word from 개인(個人) (gaein, “person”) + 숭배(崇拜) (sungbae, “worship”).

ko-etym-sino

개인숭배를 둘러싼 논쟁은 공산주의 진영에 확산되면서 국제공산주의운동의 분열을 가져오는 계기가 되기도 하였다.

As the debate over the cult of personality spread to the Communist camp, it also served as a beginning of the division of the international communism movement.

Gaeinsungbae-reul dulleossan nonjaeng-eun gongsanjuui jinyeong-e hwaksan-doemyeonseo gukjegongsanjuuiundong-ui bunyeor-eul gajeooneun gyegi-ga doegi-do hayeotda.


琥珀酸

Hanja form of 호박산 (“(organic chemistry) succinic acid”).


무사

(baseball) no outs; no player from the batting side has been removed during the current inning


주막

Sino-Korean word from 酒 (“wine”) + 幕 (“curtain, tent”).


주일

주일이 지나다

주일을 기념하다

주일을 기다리다

주일을 보내다

주일에 예배하다

나는 주일마다 성실히 교회에 나갔다.

naneun ju'ilmada seongsilhi gyohoee nagatda.

우리 가족은 이번 주일에 예배를 마친 후 봉사 활동을 갈 예정이다.

Our family will go volunteering after worship this Sunday.

uri gajogeun ibeon ju'ire yebaereul machin hu bongsa hwaldong'eul gal yejeong'ida.

(Christianity, Catholicism) Lord's Day; Sunday


센터

중견수(中堅手) 중견수#Korean

(baseball) Synonym of 중견수(中堅手) (junggyeonsu, “center fielder”)


출혈

[t͡ɕʰuɾʝʌ̹ɭ]

Sino-Korean word from 出血, from 出 (“exit, leave”) + 血 (“blood”).


사촌

Sino-Korean word from 四寸, from 四 (“four”) + 寸 (“degree of kinship”). A degree of kinship is the relationship between a parent and a child, so a cousin is four degrees of kinship away from the speaker (speaker to parent, parent to grandparent, grandparent to uncle, uncle to first cousin).


언문

Sino-Korean word from 諺文 (“the Korean alphabet, hangeul”)


북극

Sino-Korean word from 北極 (“north pole, Arctic”)


제왕 절개

jewang jeolgae (romanization)
帝王切開 (hanja)

[ˈt͡ɕe̞(ː)wa̠ŋ t͡ɕʌ̹ɭɡɛ]

[ˈt͡ɕe̞(ː)wa̠ŋ t͡ɕʌ̹ɭɡe̞]

Sino-Korean word from 帝王切開, from 帝王 (“emperor”) + 切開 (“section; incision”).


사시미

Borrowed from Japanese 刺身 (sashimi, literally “sticking into; slicing + flesh, meat”, from the way the flesh of the fish is sliced).


미니스커트

Borrowed from English miniskirt. Equivalent to 미니 (mini-, “mini-”) + 스커트 (seukeoteu, “skirt”).


왕국

연합 왕국

스페인 왕국


疾風怒濤

jilpungnodo (romanization)
질풍노도 (hangeul)

질풍노도 질풍노도#Korean

Hanja form of 질풍노도 (“Sturm und Drang; emotional turmoil of adolescence”).


冷凍庫

naengdonggo (romanization)
냉동고 (hangeul)


사마귀

First attested in the Myobeomnyeonhwagyeong eonhae (妙法蓮華經諺解 / 묘법연화경언해), 1463, as Middle Korean 사〯마괴〮 (Yale: sǎmàkwóy).


정교회

[ˈt͡ɕɘ(ː)ŋɡjoβwe̞]

[ˈt͡ɕɘ(ː)ŋɡjoɦø̞]

Sino-Korean word from 正敎會 (“Orthodoxy (the Eastern Orthodox Church and its foundations)”)


아서

^아서 왕의 죽음 ― ^aseo wang-ui jugeum ― the death of King Arthur

A transliteration of the English male given name Arthur.


아라

A transliteration of the Armenian male given name Արա (Ara).


도안

Sino-Korean word from 圖案 (“design, pattern, sketch”)


실

table
First attested in the Hunminjeong'eum haerye (訓民正音解例 / 훈민정음해례), 1446, as Middle Korean 실〯 (Yale: sǐl), from disyllabic Old Korean 糸利 (*SIli) attested as an element in a sixth-century personal name. Cognate with Jeju 씰 (ssil).
Possibly an ancient pre-Sino-Korean borrowing from Old Chinese 絲 (OC *slɯ, “silk”). If so, related to Ancient Greek Σήρ (Sḗr, “China”), English silk.

ruby

􂀿木􂁀(목)􂀿簡􂁀(간)에 기록된 􂀿古􂁀(고)􂀿代􂁀(대)􂀿韓􂁀(한)􂀿國􂁀(국)􂀿語􂁀(어)

木(목)簡(간)에 기록된 古(고)代(대)韓(한)國(국)語(어)

lang

木(목)簡(간)에 기록된 古(고)代(대)韓(한)國(국)語(어)

실 가는 데 바늘도 간다

Wherever a thread goes, a needle follows

실 엉킨 것은 풀어도 노 엉킨 것은 못 푼다

sil eongkin geoseun pureodo no eongkin geoseun mot punda

While small problems can easily be solved, bigger problems may be much more difficult

실을 감다

실이 엉키다

실을 바늘에 꿰다

실 다섯 타래

어제 실로 참 예쁜 양말을 꿰맸어요.

Yesterday, I sewed together really pretty socks with string.

Eoje sillo cham yeppeun yangmar-eul kkwemaesseoyo.


실

the hanja entry at 失 for Sino-Korean compounds of 실


실

work division, department (generally higher than a 과 (gwa) or 부 (bu))


정은

[ˈt͡ɕɘ(ː)ŋɯn]

김정은 ― gimjeong'eun ― Kim Jong-un (金正恩)


역학

Sino-Korean word from 力學, from 力 (“force”) + 學 (“study”), an orthographic borrowing from Japanese 力学(りきがく) (rikigaku).


역학

Sino-Korean word from 疫 (“epidemic”) + 學 (“study”).


디스크

spinal disc herniation
spinal disc herniation

(pathology) spinal disc herniation, slipped disc


음문

Sino-Korean word from 陰門 (“vulva, vagina”)


사형

[ˈsʰa̠(ː)ʝʌ̹ŋ]

Sino-Korean word from 死刑 (“death penalty, capital punishment”)


심근경색

ko-noun

심근경색 • (simgeun'gyeongsaek) (hanja 心筋梗塞)

simgeun'gyeongsaek (romanization)
心筋梗塞 (hanja)

[ɕʰimɡɯnɡjʌ̹ŋsʰɛk̚]

[ɕʰimɡɯnɡjʌ̹ŋsʰe̞k̚]

Sino-Korean word from 心筋梗塞 (“heart attack, myocardial infarction”)

ko-etym-sino

myocardial infarction
myocardial infarction

(medicine) heart attack, myocardial infarction


전보

Sino-Korean word from 電報, an orthographic borrowing from Japanese 電報(でんぽう) (denpō).


自由意志主義

ko-noun

自由意志主義 • (jayuuijijuui) (hangeul 자유의지주의)

jayuuijijuui (romanization)
자유의지주의 (hangeul)

자유의지주의 자유의지주의#Korean

Hanja form of 자유의지주의 (“(economics, politics) libertarianism”).


슈니첼

[ɕʰunit͡ɕʰe̞ɭ]


양모

Sino-Korean word from 양(羊) (yang, “sheep, caprid”) + 모(毛) (mo, “hair, fur”).


청진기

[t͡ɕʰʌ̹ŋd͡ʑinɡi]

Sino-Korean word from 聽診器, from 聽診 (“to auscultate”) + 器 (“device”)


알바

Abbreviation of 아르바이트 (areubaiteu), see entry for more.

(colloquial) Short for 알바생 (albasaeng, “part-time worker”).


턱수염

From 턱 (teok, “chin, jaw”) + 수염 (鬚髥, suyeom, “moustache, beard, whiskers”).


콧수염

From 코 (ko, “nose”) + ㅅ (-s-) + 수염(鬚髥) (suyeom, “moustache, beard, whiskers”).


국제보조어

gukjebojo'eo (romanization)
國際補助語 (hanja)

[kuk̚t͡ɕ͈e̞bo̞d͡ʑo̞ʌ̹]

Sino-Korean word from 國際補助語, from an orthographic borrowing from Japanese 国際補助語 (kokusai hojogo).

obor

international auxiliary language
international auxiliary language


세계어

[ˈsʰe̞(ː)ɡje̞ʌ̹]

[ˈsʰe̞(ː)ɡe̞ʌ̹]

Sino-Korean word from 世界語, from 世界 (“world”) + 語 (“language”), an orthographic borrowing from Japanese 世界語(せかいご) (sekaigo, “international auxiliary language”).


국제어

[kuk̚t͡ɕ͈e̞ʌ̹]

Sino-Korean word from 國際語, from 國際 (“international”) + 語 (“language”), from an orthographic borrowing from Japanese 国際語 (kokusaigo).


천정

[t͡ɕʰʌ̹ɲd͡ʑʌ̹ŋ]


노어

Sino-Korean word from 露語, from 露 (“abbreviation of 노서아 (露西亞, Noseoa, “Russia (obsolete)”)”) + 語 (“language”), from orthographic borrowing from Japanese 露語 (rogo).

obor

노어 사전


발랄라이카

[pa̠ɭɭa̠ɭɭa̠ikʰa̠]


촬영

[t͡ɕʰwa̠ɾjʌ̹ŋ]

Sino-Korean word from 撮影 (“shooting, filming, photography”).


방광

Sino-Korean word from 膀胱 (“urinary bladder”)


유방

그들이 애굽에서 행음하되 어렸을 때에 행음하여 그들의 유방이 눌리며 그 처녀의 가슴이 어루만진 바 되었었나니.
Geudeur-i ^aegub-eseo haeng'eumhadoe eoryeosseul ttae-e haeng'eumhayeo geudeur-ui yubang-i nullimyeo geu cheonyeo-ui gaseum-i eorumanjin ba doeeosseonnani.

Korean Bible, Eseugel (에스겔) (Ezekiel) 23:3

And they committed whoredoms in Egypt; they committed whoredoms in their youth: there were their breasts pressed, and there they bruised the teats of their virginity.


선글라스

[s͈ʌ̹nɡɯɭɭa̠s͈ɯ]


색안경

saegan'gyeong (romanization)
色眼鏡 (hanja)

[sʰɛɡa̠nɡjʌ̹ŋ]

[sʰe̞ɡa̠nɡjʌ̹ŋ]

Sino-Korean word from 色眼鏡, from 色 (“color”) + 眼鏡 (“glasses”)


창자

[t͡ɕʰa̠ŋd͡ʑa̠]

Sino-Korean word from 腸子 (“intestines, guts”).


대장

[ˈtɛ(ː)d͡ʑa̠ŋ]

Sino-Korean word from 大腸 (“large intestine, bowel, colon”)


퀴즈

오늘은 청취자들을 위한 퀴즈 프로그램이 있습니다.

oneureun cheongchwijadeureul wihan kwijeu peurogeuraemi itseumnida.


반도체

Sino-Korean word from 반(半) (ban, “semi”) + 도체(導體) (doche, “conductor”).


시편

Sino-Korean word from 詩篇 (“the Book of Psalms, the Psalm”)


시스터

[ɕʰisʰɯtʰʌ̹]

Borrowed from English sister, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *swésōr. Cognate with Japanese シスター (shisutā).

(humorous, ironic, colloquial) sister, sis (older or younger)


브라더

Borrowed from English brother. Cognate with Japanese ブラザー (burazā).

(humorous, ironic, colloquial) brother (younger or older)


콘택트 렌즈

[kʰo̞ntʰɛk̚tʰɯ ɾe̞ɲd͡ʑɯ]

[kʰo̞ntʰe̞k̚tʰɯ ɾe̞ɲd͡ʑɯ]


미니버스

From English minibus. Equivalent to 미니 (mini-, “mini-”) + 버스 (beoseu, “bus”).


승합차

[sʰɯŋɦa̠p̚t͡ɕʰa̠]

Sino-Korean word from 乘 (“ride”) + 合 (“together”) + 車 (“car”)


백과전서

baekgwajeonseo (romanization)
百科全書 (hanja)

[pɛk̚k͈wa̠d͡ʑʌ̹nsʰʌ̹]

[pe̞k̚k͈wa̠d͡ʑʌ̹nsʰʌ̹]

Sino-Korean word from 百科全書 (“encyclopedia”)


경죄

[kjʌ̹ŋd͡ʑø̞]

Sino-Korean word from 輕罪 (“misdemeanor”)


소고기

Of native Korean origin. From 소 (so, “cow”) + 고기 (gogi, “meat”).


쇠고기

[ˈsʰø̞(ː)ɡo̞ɡi]

First attested in the Gugeupbang eonhae (救急方諺解 / 구급방언해), 1466, as Middle Korean ᄉᆈ〯고기〮 (Yale: syǒy-kwòkí). Equivalent to 쇠 (soe-, “of a cow”) + 고기 (gogi, “meat”).


체언

명사, 대명사, 수사는 체언에 속한다.

Nouns, pronouns, and numerals are classified as cheeon.

myeongsa, daemyeongsa, susa-neun cheeon-e sokhanda.

(grammar) uninflected/indeclinable word, indeclinable nominal (in Korean or Japanese)

체용(體用)

Substance and Function in East Asian philosophy


노안

Sino-Korean word from 老眼, from 老 (“old”) + 眼 (“eye”)


노안

Sino-Korean word from 老 (“old”) + 顔 (“face”)

(South Korea) process of gradually having a wrinkly face

(South Korea, medicine) face with wrinkles due to old age or bad habits


지옥철

[t͡ɕio̞k̚t͡ɕʰʌ̹ɭ]

Sino-Korean word from 地獄鐵. Blend of 지옥(地獄) (jiok, “hell”) + 지하철(地下鐵) (jihacheol, “subway”).

blend

(slang, rail transport) a very crowded subway line or rolling stock


횡단보도

hoengdanbodo (romanization)
橫斷步道 (hanja)

Sino-Korean word from 橫斷步道 (“crosswalk, pedestrian crossing, zebra crossing”)

ko-etym-sino

(chiefly South Korea) crosswalk, pedestrian crossing, zebra crossing


폐기종

[ˈpʰe̞(ː)ɡid͡ʑo̞ŋ]


빅토리아

A transliteration of the English female given name Victoria.


홍채

[ɸʷo̞ŋt͡ɕʰɛ]

[ɸʷo̞ŋt͡ɕʰe̞]


플래티나

[pʰɯɭɭɛtʰina̠]


해시계

From 해 (hae, “sun”) + 시계(時計) (sigye, “clock, watch”).


백금

Sino-Korean word from 白金, from 白 (“white”) + 金 (“gold”), an orthographic borrowing from Japanese 白金(はっきん) (hakkin).


눈동자

From Native Korean 눈 (nun, “eye”) + Sino-Korean 동자 (瞳子, dongja, “pupil”).

눈동자 색


밥상

From 밥 (bap, “meal, rice”) + 상(床) (sang, “table”).


분홍색

Sino-Korean word from 粉紅色, from 粉紅 (“pink”) + 色 (“color”)

ko-etym-sino

분홍색:


오렌지색

[o̞ɾe̞ɲd͡ʑisʰɛk̚]

[o̞ɾe̞ɲd͡ʑisʰe̞k̚]

오렌지색:


주황색

[t͡ɕuβwa̠ŋsʰɛk̚]

주황색:


밤색

밤 (bam, “chestnut”) + 색(色) (saek, “color”).

compound

밤색:


온라인

onnain (romanization)
ollain (romanization)


팝콘

popcorn (a snack food made from corn kernels popped by dry heating)


향찰

[ça̠ŋt͡ɕʰa̠ɭ]

Sino-Korean word from 鄕札, from 鄕 (“country, rural area”) + 札 (“letter”).


구결

kwukyel (one of three early systems for writing Korean phonetically with Chinese characters before the invention of the modern hangul script)


해외구매

Sino-Korean word from 해외(海外) (hae'oe, “overseas”) + 구매(購買) (gumae, “purchase”).


캠핑족

캠핑 (kaemping, “camping”) + 족(族) (-jok, “people, group”).

af

(neologism) someone who enjoys camping as a hobby


게장

게 (ge, “crab”) + 장(醬) (jang, “(soy) sauce”)


돈가스

Borrowed from Japanese 豚カツ (とんカツ, tonkatsu).


탈취제

[tʰa̠ʎt͡ɕʰɥid͡ʑe̞]

[tʰa̠ʎt͡ɕʰyd͡ʑe̞]


소맥

Contraction of 소주 (soju, “soju”) and 맥주 (maekju, “beer”).


복음서

[po̞ɡɯmsʰʌ̹]


콧구멍

코 (ko, “nose”) + ㅅ (-s-) + 구멍 (gumeong, “hole”).


강화하다

ko-verb

강화하다 • (ganghwahada) (infinitive 강화해 or 강화하여, sequential 강화하니)

ganghwahada (romanization)
강화해 (infinitive)
강화하여 (infinitive)
강화하니 (sequential)
강화한다 (formal indicative non-past)
강화해 (indicative informal non-past)
강화해요 (indicative informal non-past polite)
강화합니다 (formal indicative non-past polite)
강화했다 (formal indicative past)
강화했어 (indicative informal past)
강화했어요 (indicative informal past polite)
강화했습니다 (formal indicative past polite)
강화하느냐 (formal interrogative non-past)
강화해 (informal interrogative non-past)
강화해요 (informal interrogative non-past polite)
강화합니까 (formal interrogative non-past polite)
강화했느냐 (formal interrogative past)
강화했어 (informal interrogative past)
강화했어요 (informal interrogative past polite)
강화했습니까 (formal interrogative past polite)
강화하자 (formal hortative)
강화해 (hortative informal)
강화해요 (hortative informal polite)
강화하십시다 (formal hortative polite)
강화해라 (formal imperative)
강화하여라 (formal imperative)
강화해 (imperative informal)
강화해요 (imperative informal polite)
강화합시오 (formal imperative polite)
강화하겠다 (assertive formal)
강화하겠어 (assertive informal)
강화하겠어요 (assertive informal polite)
강화하겠습니다 (assertive formal polite)
강화해 (causative formal)
강화해서 (causative informal)
강화하여서 (causative informal)
강화하니 (causative informal polite)
강화하니까 (causative formal polite)
강화하지만 (contrastive formal)
강화하는데 (contrastive informal)
강화하더니 (contrastive informal polite)
강화하고 (conjunctive formal)
강화하면 (conditional formal)
강화해야 (conditional informal)
강화하여야 (conditional informal)
강화하려고 (formal motive-form)
강화함 (formal noun-from-verb)
강화하기 (informal noun-from-verb)
강화했음 (formal noun-from-verb past)
강화하였음 (formal noun-from-verb past)
강화했기 (informal noun-from-verb past)
강화하였기 (informal noun-from-verb past)
강화한 (determiner formal past)
강화하는 (determiner formal present)
강화할 (determiner formal future)
강화하신다 (formal indicative non-past)
강화하셔 (indicative informal non-past)
강화하세요 (indicative informal non-past polite)
강화하셔요 (indicative informal non-past polite)
강화하십니다 (formal indicative non-past polite)
강화하셨다 (formal indicative past)
강화하셨어 (indicative informal past)
강화하셨어요 (indicative informal past polite)
강화하셨습니다 (formal indicative past polite)
강화하시느냐 (formal interrogative non-past)
강화하셔 (informal interrogative non-past)
강화하세요 (informal interrogative non-past polite)
강화하셔요 (informal interrogative non-past polite)
강화하십니까 (formal interrogative non-past polite)
강화하셨느냐 (formal interrogative past)
강화하셨어 (informal interrogative past)
강화하셨어요 (informal interrogative past polite)
강화하셨습니까 (formal interrogative past polite)
강화하시라 (formal imperative)
강화하셔 (imperative informal)
강화하세요 (imperative informal polite)
강화하십시오 (formal imperative polite)
강화하시겠다 (assertive formal)
강화하시겠어 (assertive informal)
강화하시겠어요 (assertive informal polite)
강화하시겠습니다 (assertive formal polite)
강화하셔 (causative formal)
강화하셔서 (causative informal)
강화하시니 (causative informal polite)
강화하시니까 (causative formal polite)
강화하시지만 (contrastive formal)
강화하시는데 (contrastive informal)
강화하시더니 (contrastive informal polite)
강화하시고 (conjunctive formal)
강화하시면 (conditional formal)
강화하셔야 (conditional informal)
강화하시려고 (formal motive-form)
강화하심 (formal noun-from-verb)
강화하시기 (informal noun-from-verb)
강화하셨음 (formal noun-from-verb past)
강화하셨기 (informal noun-from-verb past)
강화하신 (determiner formal past)
강화하시는 (determiner formal present)
강화하실 (determiner formal future)

강화(强化) (ganghwa) + 하다 (-hada, “to do”, light verb deriving active verbs).

af

(video games) to level up or enchant (an item)


두개골

Sino-Korean word from 頭蓋骨 (“skull, cranium”)


핑퐁

table tennis, ping pong (game similar to tennis)


전자레인지

jeonjareinji (romanization)
電子레인지 (hanja)

[t͡ɕʌ̹ɲd͡ʑa̠ɾe̞iɲd͡ʑi]

From 전자(電子) (jeonja, “electronic”) + 레인지 (reinji, “range”). Compare Japanese 電子レンジ (denshi renji).

af

(South Korea) microwave oven (oven using microwave energy)


마이크로파

마이크로 (maikeuro, “micro”) + 파(波) (pa, “wave”).


육자진언

Sino-Korean word from 六 (“six”) + 字 (“character, letter”) + 眞言 (“mantra”)

ko-etym-Sino

(Buddhism) (Tantric tradition) name of om mani padme hum


육자대명왕진언

ko-noun

육자대명왕진언 • (yukjadaemyeong'wangjineon) (hanja 六字大明王眞言)

yukjadaemyeong'wangjineon (romanization)
六字大明王眞言 (hanja)

Sino-Korean word from 六字大明王眞言, from 六字 (“six characters, letters”) + 大明王 (“a Buddhist deity”) + 眞言 (“mantra”)


청년

[t͡ɕʰʌ̹ŋɲʌ̹n]

Sino-Korean word from 靑年 (“youth, young man”)


눈보라

Analysable as 눈 (nun, “snow”) + *보라 (*bora), with the second element sometimes compared with Mongolian бороо (boroo, “rain”), Manchu ᠪᡠᡵᠠᠨ (buran, “snow storm”) or Azerbaijani boran (“blizzard”).


체형

[t͡ɕʰe̞ʝʌ̹ŋ]

Sino-Korean word from 體型, from 體 (“body”) + 型 (“model, type”)


비트

bit (the smallest unit of storage in a digital computer)


후춧가루

[ɸʷut͡ɕʰut̚k͈a̠ɾu]

[ɸʷut͡ɕʰuk͈a̠ɾu]


여진

Sino-Korean word from 女眞 (“the Jurchen people”)

ko:여진 (동음이의)


소수

Sino-Korean word from 素數 (“prime number”), with compound/genitive tensing applied.


체포

[t͡ɕʰe̞pʰo̞]

Sino-Korean word from 逮捕 (“arrest, apprehension”)


포트

(computing) port (logical or physical construct into and from which data are transferred)


하천

[ha̠t͡ɕʰʌ̹n]

Sino-Korean word from 河川, from 河 (“river”) + 川 (“river”).


경찰관

gyeongchalgwan (romanization)
警察官 (hanja)

[ˈkjɘ(ː)ŋt͡ɕʰa̠ɭɡwa̠n]


탈것

[tʰa̠ɭk͈ʌ̹t̚]

From 타— (ta-, “to ride”) + —ㄹ (-l, prospective suffix) + 것 (geot, “the thing which”).


모루

First attested in the Bak Tongsa eonhae (朴通事諺解 / 박통사언해), 1677, as Early Modern Korean 모로.


끌

From Middle Korean ᄢᅳᆯ〮 (Yale: pskúl), ᄭᅳᆯ〮 (Yale: skúl).


만년필

Sino-Korean word from 萬年筆, from 萬年 (“ten thousand years; eternity”) + 筆 (“pen”)


소나타

(music) sonata (a musical composition for one or a few instruments)


유머

유머 감각


초음파

[t͡ɕʰo̞ɯmpʰa̠]

Sino-Korean word from 超音波 (“ultrasound”)

ultrasound (sound with a frequency greater than the upper limit of human hearing)


터치패드

[tʰʌ̹t͡ɕʰipʰɛdɯ]

[tʰʌ̹t͡ɕʰipʰe̞dɯ]


오온

Sino-Korean word from 五蘊 (“five skandhas”)


분모

(arithmetic) denominator (the number or expression written below the line in a fraction)


여중생

[jʌ̹d͡ʑuŋsʰɛŋ]

[jʌ̹d͡ʑuŋsʰe̞ŋ]

Sino-Korean word from 女中生 (“middle school girl”)


셀레나

A transliteration of the English female given name Selena.


경기장

[ˈkjɘ(ː)ŋɡid͡ʑa̠ŋ]

Sino-Korean word from 競技場 (“(sports) field, stadium, grounds”)


매실주

[mɛɕʰiʎt͡ɕ͈u]

[me̞ɕʰiʎt͡ɕ͈u]

매실(梅實) (maesil, “ume”) + 주(酒) (ju, “wine”).


창포검

[t͡ɕʰa̠ŋpʰo̞ɡʌ̹m]

Sino-Korean word from 菖蒲 (“sweet flag, a kind of plant”) + 劒 (“sword”)

ko-etym-Sino

(history, weaponry) single-bladed straight sword used during the Joseon dynasty (often it a form of concealed weapon)


운검

Sino-Korean word from 雲 (“"high" by status”) + 劍 (“sword”)

(history, weaponry) highly-decorated single-bladed curved sword used by the member of the royal guards during the Joseon dynasty


환도

Sino-Korean word from 環 (“rings (of the scabbard)”) + 刀 (“sword”)

(history, weaponry) single-bladed curved military sword used during the Joseon dynasty (much closer to Japanese wakazaki in appearance in real life)


청색

[t͡ɕʰʌ̹ŋsʰɛk̚]

[t͡ɕʰʌ̹ŋsʰe̞k̚]

청색:


서고

library (institution which holds books etc.)


전차

[ˈt͡ɕɘ(ː)ɲt͡ɕʰa̠]


아비달마

Sino-Korean word from 阿毘達磨 (“abhidhamma, a kind of Buddhist scripture”)


매월

[ˈmɛ(ː)wʌ̹ɭ]

Sino-Korean word from 매(每) (mae, “every”) + 월(月) (wol, “month”).


매달

From 매(每) (mae, “each, every”) + 달 (dal, “moon”).


매달

매달 1일에


국제 연합

Gukje yeonhap (romanization)
國際聯合 (hanja)

Sino-Korean word from 國際聯合, from 國際 (“international”) + 聯合 (“union”), from an orthographic borrowing from Japanese 国際連合 (Kokusai Rengō).


功利主義

gongnijuui (romanization)
공리주의 (hangeul)

공리주의 공리주의#Korean

Hanja form of 공리주의 (“(philosophy) utilitarianism”).


차원

[t͡ɕʰa̠wʌ̹n]

Sino-Korean word from 次元, an orthographic borrowing from Japanese 次元(じげん) (jigen).


왈츠

Borrowed from English waltz, from German Walzer.


뱃사람

Of native Korean origin. From 배 (bae, “boat”) + ㅅ (-s-) + 사람 (saram, “person”).

compound

뱃사람의 생활.


원추각막

wonchugangmak (romanization)
圓錐角膜 (hanja)

[wʌ̹ɲt͡ɕʰuɡa̠ŋma̠k̚]

Sino-Korean word from 圓 (“circle”), 錐 (“cone”), 角 (“angle”) and 膜 (“membrane”).


제재

[ˈt͡ɕe̞(ː)d͡ʑɛ]

[ˈt͡ɕe̞(ː)d͡ʑe̞]

Sino-Korean word from 制裁, an orthographic borrowing from Japanese 制裁(せいさい) (seisai).


고조

Sino-Korean word from 高潮, from an orthographic borrowing from Japanese 高潮 (kōchō).


동력

[ˈto̞(ː)ŋɲʌ̹k̚]

Sino-Korean word from 動力, from an orthographic borrowing from Japanese 動力 (dōryoku).


왕관

crown (the headdress of a king or queen)


메소드

(acting) the method; a technique of acting created by Russian actor Konstantin Stanislavski


외삼촌

[ˈø̞(ː)sʰa̠mt͡ɕʰo̞n]


방주

Sino-Korean word from 方舟, from 方 (“square”) + 舟 (“boat”)


방법론

Sino-Korean word from 方法論, from 方法 (“method”) + 論 (“theory”), from an orthographic borrowing from Japanese 方法論 (hōhōron).


건축가

[ˈkɘ(ː)ɲt͡ɕʰuk̚k͈a̠]

Sino-Korean word from 建築家, from 建築 (“architecture”) + 家.


암살자

[ˈa̠(ː)msʰa̠ʎt͡ɕ͈a̠]

Sino-Korean word from 暗殺者, from 暗殺 (“assassination”) + 者 (“-er”).


陰莖骨

eumgyeonggol (romanization)
음경골 (hangeul)


궁수

Sino-Korean word from 弓手, from 弓 (“bow”) + 手 (“expert”)


척추동물

cheokchudongmul (romanization)
脊椎動物 (hanja)

[t͡ɕʰʌ̹k̚t͡ɕʰudo̞ŋmuɭ]


도적

[to̞d͡ʑʌ̹k̚]

Sino-Korean word from 盜賊. Doublet of 도둑 (doduk).


불사조

Sino-Korean word from 不死鳥, from 不死 (“undying”) + 鳥 (“bird”).

충실한 친구는 불사조와 같다.

chungsilhan chin'guneun bulsajowa gatda.


설인

Sino-Korean word from 雪人, from 雪 (“snow”) + 人 (“man”). Compare 눈사람 (nunsaram, “snowman”).


샹들리에

[ɕʰa̠ŋdɯʎʎie̞]


문어

Etymology unclear. Possibly from 민 (min-, “bare; unadorned”, prefix) + 어(魚) (eo, “fish”, Sino-Korean morpheme). Later transliterated to 文魚 (文 魚, literally “literary fish”).

prefix

giant Pacific octopus
giant Pacific octopus

The giant Pacific octopus (Enteroctopus dofleini).


문어

Coordinate term: 답어(答語) (dabeo, “countersign”)


매년

[ˈmɛ(ː)ɲʌ̹n]


굶다

ko-verb

굶다 • (gumda) (infinitive 굶어, sequential 굶으니)

gumda (romanization)
굶어 (infinitive)
굶으니 (sequential)
굶는다 (formal indicative non-past)
굶어 (indicative informal non-past)
굶어요 (indicative informal non-past polite)
굶습니다 (formal indicative non-past polite)
굶었다 (formal indicative past)
굶었어 (indicative informal past)
굶었어요 (indicative informal past polite)
굶었습니다 (formal indicative past polite)
굶느냐 (formal interrogative non-past)
굶어 (informal interrogative non-past)
굶어요 (informal interrogative non-past polite)
굶습니까 (formal interrogative non-past polite)
굶었느냐 (formal interrogative past)
굶었어 (informal interrogative past)
굶었어요 (informal interrogative past polite)
굶었습니까 (formal interrogative past polite)
굶자 (formal hortative)
굶어 (hortative informal)
굶어요 (hortative informal polite)
굶으십시다 (formal hortative polite)
굶어라 (formal imperative)
굶어 (imperative informal)
굶어요 (imperative informal polite)
굶읍시오 (formal imperative polite)
굶겠다 (assertive formal)
굶겠어 (assertive informal)
굶겠어요 (assertive informal polite)
굶겠습니다 (assertive formal polite)
굶어 (causative formal)
굶어서 (causative informal)
굶으니 (causative informal polite)
굶으니까 (causative formal polite)
굶지만 (contrastive formal)
굶는데 (contrastive informal)
굶더니 (contrastive informal polite)
굶고 (conjunctive formal)
굶으면 (conditional formal)
굶어야 (conditional informal)
굶으려고 (formal motive-form)
굶음 (formal noun-from-verb)
굶기 (informal noun-from-verb)
굶었음 (formal noun-from-verb past)
굶었기 (informal noun-from-verb past)
굶은 (determiner formal past)
굶는 (determiner formal present)
굶을 (determiner formal future)
굶으신다 (formal indicative non-past)
굶으셔 (indicative informal non-past)
굶으세요 (indicative informal non-past polite)
굶으셔요 (indicative informal non-past polite)
굶으십니다 (formal indicative non-past polite)
굶으셨다 (formal indicative past)
굶으셨어 (indicative informal past)
굶으셨어요 (indicative informal past polite)
굶으셨습니다 (formal indicative past polite)
굶으시느냐 (formal interrogative non-past)
굶으셔 (informal interrogative non-past)
굶으세요 (informal interrogative non-past polite)
굶으셔요 (informal interrogative non-past polite)
굶으십니까 (formal interrogative non-past polite)
굶으셨느냐 (formal interrogative past)
굶으셨어 (informal interrogative past)
굶으셨어요 (informal interrogative past polite)
굶으셨습니까 (formal interrogative past polite)
굶으시라 (formal imperative)
굶으셔 (imperative informal)
굶으세요 (imperative informal polite)
굶으십시오 (formal imperative polite)
굶으시겠다 (assertive formal)
굶으시겠어 (assertive informal)
굶으시겠어요 (assertive informal polite)
굶으시겠습니다 (assertive formal polite)
굶으셔 (causative formal)
굶으셔서 (causative informal)
굶으시니 (causative informal polite)
굶으시니까 (causative formal polite)
굶으시지만 (contrastive formal)
굶으시는데 (contrastive informal)
굶으시더니 (contrastive informal polite)
굶으시고 (conjunctive formal)
굶으시면 (conditional formal)
굶으셔야 (conditional informal)
굶으시려고 (formal motive-form)
굶으심 (formal noun-from-verb)
굶으시기 (informal noun-from-verb)
굶으셨음 (formal noun-from-verb past)
굶으셨기 (informal noun-from-verb past)
굶으신 (determiner formal past)
굶으시는 (determiner formal present)
굶으실 (determiner formal future)

First attested in the Bullyu dugongbu si eonhae (分類杜工部詩諺解 / 분류두공부시언해), 1481, as Middle Korean 굶다 (Yale: kwulm-ta). Compare 곯다 (golta), 고프다 (gopeuda).

ko-etym-native

(intransitive or transitive, colloquial, games, gambling) to skip one's turn


접

(botany) act of grafting branches to trees


맞이

맞 (mat, “to welcome, to receive”) + 이 (-i, noun-deriving suffix).

af

(shamanism) Short for 맞이굿 (majigut, “welcoming ritual for the gods”).


갈색

갈색:


목사

Sino-Korean word from 牧師 (“pastor, minister”)


어근

Sino-Korean word from 語根, from 語 (“word”) + 根 (“root”)


마구

(baseball) insane curve ball/breaking ball


유륜

(anatomy) areola (circle around the nipple)


왕수

Sino-Korean word from 王水, from 王 (“king”) + 水 (“water”)


해부학

Sino-Korean word from 解剖學, from 解剖 (“dissection”) + 學 (“-logy”), an orthographic borrowing from Japanese 解剖学 (kaibōgaku).


산신각

(Buddhism) small building within a Korean Buddhist temple ground that houses a mountain god from Korean folk belief (depicted as an old man with a tiger)


신학

Sino-Korean word from 神學, from 神 (“god”) + 學 (“study”).

theology (study of God, or a god, or gods)


정식

[ˈt͡ɕɘ(ː)ŋɕʰik̚]

Sino-Korean word from 定植, from 定 (“fixed, set”) + 植 (“plant; planting”).

ko-sino

(agriculture) transplanting seedlings from the nursery bed to the field


정식

[t͡ɕʌ̹ŋɕʰik̚]

Sino-Korean word from 程式 (“standard form”).


정식

[t͡ɕʌ̹ŋɕʰik̚]

Sino-Korean word from 淨食, from 淨 (“clean, cleansed”) + 食 (“food”).


정식

[ˈt͡ɕɘ(ː)ŋɕʰik̚]

Sino-Korean word from 鼎食, from 鼎 (“cauldron”) + 食 (“eat; food”).

eating from cauldrons of a variety of foods served one after another; such sumptuous meal (of the nobility)


정식

[ˈt͡ɕɘ(ː)ŋɕʰik̚]

Sino-Korean word from 正食, from 正 (“proper, rightful”) + 食 (“food, meal”).

(Buddhism) food allowed for monks, including white rice, barley rice, kongbap, barley flour, rice cakes, etc.


정식

[ˈt͡ɕɘ(ː)ŋɕʰik̚]

Sino-Korean word from 整式, from 整 (“orderly, neat”) + 式 (“math formula”).

(algebra) algebraic expression with only addition, subtraction or multiplication operations, without any variable in the denominator or the radical sign


파시즘

[pʰa̠ɕʰid͡ʑɯm]


주먹

First attested in the Worin seokbo (月印釋譜 / 월인석보), 1459, as Middle Korean 주머귀 (Yale: cwumekwuy).


보람

First attested in the Worin seokbo (月印釋譜 / 월인석보), 1459, as Middle Korean 보〮람〮 (Yale: pwólám).


추억

Sino-Korean word from 追憶 (“recollection, reminiscence”).

ko-etym-sino

옛 사진들을 보니 지난날의 추억들이 아련하게 떠오른다.

Seeing pictures of the bygone days, [my mind] was tingling with faint memories of yesteryear.

yet sajin-deur-eul boni jinannar-ui chueok-deur-i aryeonhage tteooreunda.

추억이란 그것이 슬픈 것이든지 기쁜 것이든지 그것을 생각하는 사람을 의기양양하게 한다. 슬픈 추억일 때는 고즈넉이 의기양양해지고 기쁜 추억일 때는 소란스럽게 의기양양해진다.

1965, Kim Seung'ok, 서울 1964년 겨울 [seoul 1964nyeon gyeoul, Seoul, Winter 1964]

Old memories—no matter how sad or happy they may be—makes he who recollects them feel triumphant. If it is a sad memory, he is lonesomely triumphant; for a happy memory, he is boisterously so.

Chueog-iran geugeos-i seulpeun geos-ideunji gippeun geos-ideunji geugeos-eul saenggakhaneun saram-eul uigiyang'yanghage handa. Seulpeun chueog-il ttae-neun gojeuneogi uigiyang'yanghaejigo gippeun chueog-il ttae-neun soranseureopge uigiyang'yanghaejinda.


연옥

Sino-Korean word from 煉獄, from 煉 (“to refine”) + 獄 (“prison”)


학위

Sino-Korean word from 學位, from 學 (“study”) + 位 (“rank”), from Japanese 学位 (gakui)


비유

Sino-Korean word from 比喩, from 比 (“associate with; be near”) + 喩 (“allegory”).


권총

[ˈkwɘ(ː)ɲt͡ɕʰo̞ŋ]

Sino-Korean word from 拳銃 (“pistol, handgun”)


락사

laksa (a spicy stew from Indonesia or Malaysia)


라자냐

[ɾa̠d͡ʑa̠ɲa̠]


골수

Sino-Korean word from 骨髓 (“bone marrow”)


자궁

Sino-Korean word from 子宮, from 子 (“child”) + 宮 (“palace”).


스님

From 승(僧) (seung) + 님 (-nim, courtesy suffix).


젖꼭지

[t͡ɕʌ̹t̚k͈o̞k̚t͡ɕ͈i]

젖 (jeot, “breast”) + 꼭지 (kkokji, “knob”).


깃

First attested in the Myobeomnyeonhwagyeong eonhae (妙法蓮華經諺解 / 묘법연화경언해), 1463, as Middle Korean 깆〮 (Yale: kíc).


헌병

Korea under Japanese rule
Republic of Korea Armed Forces
Yonhap News Agency
ko:헌병

Sino-Korean word from 憲兵, from 憲 (“constitution”) + 兵 (“soldier”), an orthographic borrowing from Japanese 憲兵(けんぺい) (kenpei).


범어

Sino-Korean word from 梵語, from 梵 (“Sanskrit”) + 語 (“language”).


수심

Sino-Korean word from 垂心, from 垂 (“to dangle; to hang”) + 心 (“heart”)


롤러코스터

[ɾo̞ɭɭʌ̹kʰo̞sʰɯtʰʌ̹]


이슬람

Ultimately from Arabic إِسْلَام (ʔislām), probably via English Islam.


독신자

Sino-Korean word from 獨身者, from 獨身 (“bachelor”) + 者 (“person”).

bachelor, someone who prefers not to get married


마디

First attested in the Worin seokbo (月印釋譜 / 월인석보), 1459, as Middle Korean ᄆᆞᄃᆡ (Yale: mòtòy).


저고리

[t͡ɕʌ̹ɡo̞ɾi]

First attested in the Yeogeo yuhae (譯語類解 / 역어유해), 1690, as Early Modern Korean 져구리 (Yale: cyekwuli).

jeogori (Korean traditional jacket, upper garment of Korean traditional clothes)


활

First attested in the Hunminjeong'eum haerye (訓民正音解例 / 훈민정음해례), 1446, as Middle Korean 활 (Yale: hwàl).

(music) bow (rod used for playing stringed instruments)


정사각형

jeongsagakhyeong (romanization)
正四角形 (hanja)

[ˈt͡ɕɘ(ː)ŋsʰa̠ɡa̠cçʌ̹ŋ]


검은색

검은 (geomeun, “black”, present determiner of 검다 (geomda)) + 색(色) (saek).

compound

present determiner of <i class="Kore mention" lang="ko">검다</i> (geomda)

검은색:


강설

[ˈka̠(ː)ŋsʰʌ̹ɭ]


어릿광대

[ʌ̹ɾit̚k͈wa̠ŋdɛ]


장과

[t͡ɕa̠ŋɡwa̠]


형부

형조(刑曹)

the Korean ministry of Punishments of Joseon Kingdom

(historical politics) The imperial Chinese Ministry of Punishments (i.e., Justice) from the Tang to Qing dynasties.

(historical politics) the Korean ministry of Punishments (i.e., Justice) of Goryeo Kingdom


나이트

ko:나이트
ko:나이트 (체스)


전치사

[t͡ɕʌ̹ɲt͡ɕʰisʰa̠]

Sino-Korean word from 前置詞 (“preposition”)


힙 플라스크

[çip̚ pʰɯɭɭa̠sʰɯkxɯ]


플립플롭

[pʰɯʎʎip̚pʰɯɭɭo̞p̚]


과녁

First attested in the 18th century.
Nativisation of the Sino-Korean term 관혁 (貫革, gwanhyeok, “target (lit. to pierce the leather)”). Compare 관하다 (貫—, gwanhada, “to hit the target; to pierce”).
Displaced native 솔 (sol).

ko-l

과녁을 맞히다


박수

Probably from Middle Chinese 博士 (MC pak dzriX), perhaps via an Inner Asian intermediary; compare Kazakh бақсы (baqsy, “shaman”), Uyghur باخشى (baxshi, “shaman”), Uzbek [Term?] (“shaman”). Doublet of 박사 (baksa, “doctor, Ph.D.”).
First attested in the Daemyeongnyul jikhae (대명률직해 / 大明律直解) [The Correct Translation of the Great Ming Code], 1395. In this adaptation of a Chinese legal text into Korean contexts, the term 博士 replaces various terms for Han Chinese folk religious practitioners which were referred to in the original Chinese text but did not exist in Korea.

lang

대명률직해 / 大明律直解

대명률직해 / 大明律直解

male shaman; male priest of Korean shamanism, the indigenous religion of the country


사생자

[sʰa̠sʰɛŋd͡ʑa̠]

[sʰa̠sʰe̞ŋd͡ʑa̠]

illegitimate child; bastard (person born to unmarried parents)


세포

Sino-Korean word from 細胞, an orthographic borrowing from Japanese 細胞(さいぼう) (saibō).


유전자

[jud͡ʑʌ̹ɲd͡ʑa̠]


편람

[pʰjʌ̹ɭɭa̠m]


산문

(Buddhism) gate of a temple or monastery


포탈

(Internet) Alternative form of 포털 (poteol, “portal”)


넉

(archaic) four (only used for four archaic unit of measurements: 냥, 되, 섬, and 자)


교의

(Confucianism) a ceremonial chair on which the spirit tablet is placed during ancestor commemoration


보살

Sino-Korean word from 菩薩 (“bodhisattva”).

ko-etym-sino

bodhisattva (in Buddhism, a person or being who foregoes personal nirvana to help others reach enlightenment)

(by extension, honorific) senior Buddhist monk

(by extension, honorific) female follower of Buddhism

(honorific) shamaness; priestess of Korean shamanism, the indigenous religion of the country


꽃꽂이

꽃 (kkot, “flower”) + 꽂이 (kkoji), derivative of 꽂다 (kkotda, “stick, stab”).


이달

Of native Korean origin. From 이 (i, “this one”) + 달 (dal, “moon”).


인체

Sino-Korean word from 人體, from 人 (“human”) + 體 (“form, body”).

(anatomy, physiology) human body, organism


유음

(South Korea, phonetics, phonology) liquid consonant


노예

(South Korea) slave (person owned by another, forced to work for another or to perform sexual acts)


제법

Sino-Korean word from 諸 (“all”) + 法 (“dharma factor; phenomenon”).

[t͡ɕe̞bʌ̹p̚]

(Buddhism, philosophy) all existent phenomena


익살스럽다

ko-adj

익살스럽다 • (iksalseureopda) (infinitive 익살스러워, sequential 익살스러우니)

iksalseureopda (romanization)
익살스러워 (infinitive)
익살스러우니 (sequential)
익살스럽다 (formal indicative non-past)
익살스러워 (indicative informal non-past)
익살스러워요 (indicative informal non-past polite)
익살스럽습니다 (formal indicative non-past polite)
익살스러웠다 (formal indicative past)
익살스러웠어 (indicative informal past)
익살스러웠어요 (indicative informal past polite)
익살스러웠습니다 (formal indicative past polite)
익살스러우냐 (formal interrogative non-past)
익살스러워 (informal interrogative non-past)
익살스러워요 (informal interrogative non-past polite)
익살스럽습니까 (formal interrogative non-past polite)
익살스러웠냐 (formal interrogative past)
익살스러웠어 (informal interrogative past)
익살스러웠어요 (informal interrogative past polite)
익살스러웠습니까 (formal interrogative past polite)
익살스럽겠다 (assertive formal)
익살스럽겠어 (assertive informal)
익살스럽겠어요 (assertive informal polite)
익살스럽겠습니다 (assertive formal polite)
익살스러워 (causative formal)
익살스러워서 (causative informal)
익살스러우니 (causative informal polite)
익살스러우니까 (causative formal polite)
익살스럽지만 (contrastive formal)
익살스러운데 (contrastive informal)
익살스럽더니 (contrastive informal polite)
익살스럽고 (conjunctive formal)
익살스러우면 (conditional formal)
익살스러워야 (conditional informal)
익살스러움 (formal noun-from-verb)
익살스럽기 (informal noun-from-verb)
익살스러웠음 (formal noun-from-verb past)
익살스러웠기 (informal noun-from-verb past)
익살스러운 (determiner informal present)
익살스러울 (determiner future informal)
익살스러우시다 (indicative non-past)
익살스러우셔 (indicative informal non-past)
익살스러우세요 (indicative non-past polite)
익살스러우셔요 (indicative non-past polite)
익살스러우십니다 (formal indicative non-past)
익살스러우셨다 (indicative past)
익살스러우셨어 (indicative informal past)
익살스러우셨어요 (indicative past polite)
익살스러우셨습니다 (formal indicative past)
익살스러우시냐 (interrogative non-past)
익살스러우셔 (informal interrogative non-past)
익살스러우세요 (interrogative non-past polite)
익살스러우셔요 (interrogative non-past polite)
익살스러우십니까 (formal interrogative non-past)
익살스러우셨냐 (interrogative past)
익살스러우셨어 (informal interrogative past)
익살스러우셨어요 (interrogative past polite)
익살스러우셨습니까 (formal interrogative past)
익살스러우시겠다 (assertive)
익살스러우시겠어 (assertive informal)
익살스러우시겠어요 (assertive polite)
익살스러우시겠습니다 (assertive formal)
익살스러우셔 (causative)
익살스러우셔서 (causative informal)
익살스러우시니 (causative polite)
익살스러우시니까 (causative formal)
익살스러우시지만 (contrastive)
익살스러우신데 (contrastive informal)
익살스러우시더니 (contrastive polite)
익살스러우시고 (conjunctive)
익살스러우시면 (conditional)
익살스러우셔야 (conditional informal)
익살스러우심 (noun-from-verb)
익살스러우시기 (informal noun-from-verb)
익살스러우셨음 (noun-from-verb past)
익살스러우셨기 (informal noun-from-verb past)
익살스러우신 (determiner informal present)
익살스러우실 (determiner future informal)

[iks͈a̠ɭsʰɯɾʌ̹p̚t͈a̠]

익살 (iksal, “joke, humor”) + 스럽다 (-seureopda).


석기 시대

Seokgi sidae (romanization)
石器時代 (hanja)

[sʰʌ̹k̚k͈i ɕʰidɛ]

Sino-Korean word from 石器時代, from 石器 (“stone tool”) + 時代 (“age”)


철기 시대

Cheolgi sidae (romanization)
鐵器時代 (hanja)

[t͡ɕʰʌ̹ɭɡi ɕʰidɛ]

[t͡ɕʰʌ̹ɭɡi ɕʰide̞]

Sino-Korean word from 鐵器時代, from 鐵器 (“ironware”) + 時代 (“age”)


청동기 시대

ko-proper noun

청동기 시대 • (Cheongdonggi sidae) (hanja 靑銅器時代)

Cheongdonggi sidae (romanization)
靑銅器時代 (hanja)

[t͡ɕʰʌ̹ŋdo̞ŋɡi ɕʰidɛ]

[t͡ɕʰʌ̹ŋdo̞ŋɡi ɕʰide̞]

Sino-Korean word from 靑銅器時代, from 靑銅器 (“bronzeware”) + 時代 (“age”)


고약하다

ko-adj

고약하다 • (goyakhada) (infinitive 고약해 or 고약하여, sequential 고약하니)

goyakhada (romanization)
고약해 (infinitive)
고약하여 (infinitive)
고약하니 (sequential)
고약하다 (formal indicative non-past)
고약해 (indicative informal non-past)
고약해요 (indicative informal non-past polite)
고약합니다 (formal indicative non-past polite)
고약했다 (formal indicative past)
고약했어 (indicative informal past)
고약했어요 (indicative informal past polite)
고약했습니다 (formal indicative past polite)
고약하냐 (formal interrogative non-past)
고약해 (informal interrogative non-past)
고약해요 (informal interrogative non-past polite)
고약합니까 (formal interrogative non-past polite)
고약했냐 (formal interrogative past)
고약했어 (informal interrogative past)
고약했어요 (informal interrogative past polite)
고약했습니까 (formal interrogative past polite)
고약하겠다 (assertive formal)
고약하겠어 (assertive informal)
고약하겠어요 (assertive informal polite)
고약하겠습니다 (assertive formal polite)
고약해 (causative formal)
고약해서 (causative informal)
고약하여서 (causative informal)
고약하니 (causative informal polite)
고약하니까 (causative formal polite)
고약하지만 (contrastive formal)
고약한데 (contrastive informal)
고약하더니 (contrastive informal polite)
고약하고 (conjunctive formal)
고약하면 (conditional formal)
고약해야 (conditional informal)
고약하여야 (conditional informal)
고약함 (formal noun-from-verb)
고약하기 (informal noun-from-verb)
고약했음 (formal noun-from-verb past)
고약하였음 (formal noun-from-verb past)
고약했기 (informal noun-from-verb past)
고약하였기 (informal noun-from-verb past)
고약한 (determiner informal present)
고약할 (determiner future informal)
고약하시다 (indicative non-past)
고약하셔 (indicative informal non-past)
고약하세요 (indicative non-past polite)
고약하셔요 (indicative non-past polite)
고약하십니다 (formal indicative non-past)
고약하셨다 (indicative past)
고약하셨어 (indicative informal past)
고약하셨어요 (indicative past polite)
고약하셨습니다 (formal indicative past)
고약하시냐 (interrogative non-past)
고약하셔 (informal interrogative non-past)
고약하세요 (interrogative non-past polite)
고약하셔요 (interrogative non-past polite)
고약하십니까 (formal interrogative non-past)
고약하셨냐 (interrogative past)
고약하셨어 (informal interrogative past)
고약하셨어요 (interrogative past polite)
고약하셨습니까 (formal interrogative past)
고약하시겠다 (assertive)
고약하시겠어 (assertive informal)
고약하시겠어요 (assertive polite)
고약하시겠습니다 (assertive formal)
고약하셔 (causative)
고약하셔서 (causative informal)
고약하시니 (causative polite)
고약하시니까 (causative formal)
고약하시지만 (contrastive)
고약하신데 (contrastive informal)
고약하시더니 (contrastive polite)
고약하시고 (conjunctive)
고약하시면 (conditional)
고약하셔야 (conditional informal)
고약하심 (noun-from-verb)
고약하시기 (informal noun-from-verb)
고약하셨음 (noun-from-verb past)
고약하셨기 (informal noun-from-verb past)
고약하신 (determiner informal present)
고약하실 (determiner future informal)

고약 (goyak) + 하다 (-hada, “to do”, light verb deriving adjectives).

af

그 값이 싸고 질이 나쁜 음식은 냄새가 고약했다.

Geu gaps-i ssago jir-i nappeun eumsig-eun naemsae-ga goyak-haetda.


샐러리맨

[s͈ɛɭɭʌ̹ɾimɛn]

[s͈e̞ɭɭʌ̹ɾime̞n]

Borrowed from Japanese サラリーマン (sararīman), from English salary + man.


머릿결

[mʌ̹ɾit̚k͈jʌ̹ɭ]

[mʌ̹ɾik͈jʌ̹ɭ]


나찰

[na̠t͡ɕʰa̠ɭ]

(Hindu mythology, Hinduism, Buddhism) a rakshasa


촌놈

From 촌(村) (chon, “country”) + 놈 (nom, “man, bastard”).


주차

[ˈt͡ɕu(ː)t͡ɕʰa̠]


우롱차

[uɾo̞ŋt͡ɕʰa̠]

Borrowed from Mandarin 烏龍茶／乌龙茶 (wūlóngchá).

zh-l

烏龍茶／乌龙茶 (wūlóngchá)


눈사람

From 눈 (nun, “snow”) + 사람 (saram, “person”). Compare 설인 (雪人, seorin, “yeti”).


나무아미타불

namuamitabul (romanization)
南無阿彌陀佛 (hanja)

(Buddhism) Namo Amitābhāya, a Buddhist chant


접골

[t͡ɕʌ̹p̚k͈o̞ɭ]


확대경

hwakdaegyeong (romanization)
擴大鏡 (hanja)

[ɸwa̠k̚t͈ɛɡjʌ̹ŋ]

[ɸwa̠k̚t͈e̞ɡjʌ̹ŋ]

Sino-Korean word from 擴大鏡, from 擴大 (“magnification”) + 鏡 (“mirror, lens, glass”).


내강

[ˈnɛ(ː)ɡa̠ŋ]

(anatomy) lumen (cavity within tubular organ)


하이퍼링크

(computing, Internet) hyperlink (link from one electronic document to another)


애플리케이션

[ɛpʰɯʎʎikʰe̞iɕʰʌ̹n]

[e̞pʰɯʎʎikʰe̞iɕʰʌ̹n]


조리개

[t͡ɕo̞ɾiɡe̞]

? (> 조이— (joi-, “to tighten”)) + —리— (-ri-, passive/causative suffix) + —개 (-gae, instrumental suffix).

피사계의 심도는 렌즈의 조리개가 좁을수록 깊어진다.

The narrower the lens aperture, the deeper the depth of field.

pisagyeui simdoneun renjeuui jorigaega jobeulsurok gipeojinda.

(photography) aperture, iris (of camera)


시상하부

[시(ː)상하(ː)부]


시상

[ˈɕʰi(ː)sʰa̠ŋ]


시상

[ˈɕʰi(ː)sʰa̠ŋ]


성병

[ˈsʰɘ(ː)ŋp͈jʌ̹ŋ]

Sino-Korean word from 性病, from 性 (“sex”) + 病 (“sickness”), with compound/genitive tensing applied.

ko-etym-sino

sexually transmitted disease
sexually transmitted disease

a sexually transmitted disease; a venereal disease


편종

[pʰjʌ̹ɲd͡ʑo̞ŋ]


편경

[pʰjʌ̹nɡjʌ̹ŋ]


파이

pi (name of the Greek, Ancient Greek letter π)


방심

Sino-Korean word from 傍心, from 傍 (“side”) + 心 (“center”)


외심

[ˈø̞(ː)ɕʰim]

Sino-Korean word from 外心, from 外 (“outside”) + 心 (“center”)


외접원

[ˈø̞(ː)d͡ʑʌ̹bwʌ̹n]

Sino-Korean word from 外接圓, from 外 (“outside”) + 接 (“to connect”) + 圓 (“circle”)


접선

[t͡ɕʌ̹ps͈ʌ̹n]

Sino-Korean word from 接線, from 接 (“to connect”) + 線 (“line”)


방접원

[pa̠ŋd͡ʑʌ̹bwʌ̹n]

Sino-Korean word from 傍接圓, from 傍 (“side”) + 接 (“to connect”) + 圓 (“circle”)


내접원

[ˈnɛ(ː)d͡ʑʌ̹bwʌ̹n]

Sino-Korean word from 內接圓, from 內 (“inside”) + 接 (“to connect”) + 圓 (“circle”)


클로버

[kxɯɭɭo̞bʌ̹]

ko:클로버 (동음이의)


다이아몬드

ko:다이아몬드
ko:다이아몬드 (동음이의)


슈트

ko:슈트 (동음이의)


슈트

ko:슈트 (동음이의)


스트레이트

[sʰɯtʰɯɾe̞itʰɯ]


스트레이트

Borrowed from Japanese ストレート (sutorēto), from English straight.

[sʰɯtʰɯɾe̞itʰɯ]


횡파

Sino-Korean word from 橫波, from 橫 (“horizontal”) + 波 (“wave”)


종파

Sino-Korean word from 縱波, from 縱 (“vertical”) + 波 (“wave”)

[t͡ɕo̞ŋpʰa̠]


양념

→ Japanese: ヤンニョム (yannyomu), 薬念(ヤンニョム) (yannyomu), ヤンニョン (yannyon), 薬念(ヤンニョン) (yannyon)


관음

Sino-Korean word from 觀音 (“Guanyin”), from Middle Chinese 觀音 (kwan ʔim)


윤회

Sino-Korean word from 輪廻, from 輪 (“wheel”) + 廻 (“to circle around”), from Middle Chinese 輪迴 (lwin hwoj)

(South Korea, philosophy, religion) samsara


음경골

[ɯmɡjʌ̹ŋɡo̞ɭ]


췌장암

[ˈt͡ɕʰwe̞(ː)d͡ʑa̠ŋa̠m]

Sino-Korean word from 췌장(膵臟) (chwejang, “pancreas”) + 암(癌) (am, “cancer”).


우울증

uuljeung (romanization)
憂鬱症 (hanja)
憂鬱證 (hanja)

Sino-Korean word from 憂鬱症/憂鬱證 (憂鬱症 / 憂鬱證), with compound/genitive tensing applied.


대천사

[ˈtɛ(ː)t͡ɕʰʌ̹nsʰa̠]

[ˈte̞(ː)t͡ɕʰʌ̹nsʰa̠]

Sino-Korean word from 大天使, from 大 (“great”) + 天使 (“angel”)


통풍

Sino-Korean word from 痛風, from 痛 (“ache”) + 風 (“wind”)


부조리

평생 부조리를 논하던 까뮈는 어느 날 교통사고로 사망했다. 참 어울리는 죽음이었다.
pyeongsaeng bujori-reul nonhadeon ^kkamwi-neun eoneu nal gyotongsago-ro samanghaetda. cham eoullineun jugeum-ieotda.
Camus, who spoke of the absurd all his life, died in a car crash one day. There could have been no more fitting death.


자폐증

[t͡ɕa̠pʰje̞t͡ɕ͈ɯŋ]

[t͡ɕa̠pʰe̞t͡ɕ͈ɯŋ]

Sino-Korean word from 自閉症, from 自閉 (“self-exclusion”) + 症 (“syndrome, illness”), with compound/genitive tensing applied.


미륵보살

Sino-Korean word from 彌勒菩薩, from 彌勒 (“Maitreya”) + 菩薩 (“bodhisattva”), from 미륵 (Mireuk) + 보살 (bosal)


미륵

Sino-Korean word from 彌勒, from Middle Chinese 彌勒 (mjie lok), from Sanskrit मैत्रेय (maitreya)


크로스드레싱

[kxɯɾo̞sʰɯdɯɾe̞ɕʰiŋ]


전도서

[t͡ɕʌ̹ndo̞sʰʌ̹]


벡터

(mathematics, physics, molecular biology) a vector


전도

Sino-Korean word from 傳道, from 傳 (“spread”) + 道 (“method”).

(Christianity) evangelism, missionary work


짝사랑

[t͡ɕ͈a̠ks͈a̠ɾa̠ŋ]


호정

[ɸʷo̞d͡ʑʌ̹ŋ]


음향양자

eumhyang'yangja (romanization)
音響量子 (hanja)

[ɯmʝa̠ŋja̠ŋd͡ʑa̠]


양자역학

yangjayeokhak (romanization)
量子力學 (hanja)

[ja̠ŋd͡ʑa̠jʌ̹kʰa̠k̚]

Sino-Korean word from 量子力學, from 量子 (“quantum”) + 力學 (“mechanics”).


부대찌개

budae jjigae (a type of jjigae made with various American meats)


부활절

[ˈpu(ː)βwa̠ʎt͡ɕ͈ʌ̹ɭ]

Sino-Korean word from 부활(復活) (buhwal) + 절(節) (jeol), with compound/genitive tensing applied.


과학기술

Sino-Korean word from 科學技術, from 科學 (“science”) + 技術 (“technology”), from an orthographic borrowing from Japanese 科学技術 (kagaku gijutsu).


근시

Sino-Korean word from 近視, from 近 (“near”) + 視 (“sight”)


난시

Sino-Korean word from 亂視, from 亂 (“disordered”) + 視 (“sight”)


원시

Sino-Korean word from 遠視, from 遠 (“far”) + 視 (“sight”)


대퇴

[ˈtɛ(ː)tʰø̞]


자명금

[t͡ɕa̠mjʌ̹ŋɡɯm]


생태계

[sʰɛŋtʰɛɡje̞]

[sʰɛŋtʰɛɡe̞]

[sʰe̞ŋtʰe̞ɡe̞]

an ecosystem (system of an ecological community and its environment)


아메바

amoeba (a member of a genus of unicellular protozoa)


여우비

여우 (yeou, “fox”) + 비 (bi, “rain”), probably from an ancient legend in which a cloud loving a fox cried sadly when the fox was going to get married. Also refer to synonymous Japanese 狐の嫁入り (kitsune no yomeiri, literally “the marriage of the fox”).

m+

sun shower (a short spell of rain with sunshine, light rain while the sun shines)


在野黨

Hanja form of 재야당 (“(politics) the opposition party”).


윷

First attested in the Hunmong jahoe (訓蒙字會 / 훈몽자회), 1527, as Middle Korean ᅀᅲᆺ (Yale: zyus).


홍어회

[ɸʷo̞ŋʌ̹βwe̞]

[ɸʷo̞ŋʌ̹ɦø̞]

Sino-Korean word from 洪魚膾, from 洪魚 (“skate”) + 膾 (“kuai”).


사철

[ˈsʰa̠(ː)t͡ɕʰʌ̹ɭ]

From 사(四) (sa, “four”) + 철 (cheol, “season”).


사계

Sino-Korean word from 四季 (“four seasons”).


속담

Sino-Korean word from 俗談, from 俗 (“common, vulgar”) + 談 (“talk, story”).


니코틴아마이드 아데닌 다이뉴클레오타이드

ko-noun

니코틴아마이드 아데닌 다이뉴클레오타이드 • (nikotinamaideu adenin dainyukeulle'otaideu)

[니코티나마이드아데닌다이뉴클레오타이드]

From English nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide.

der

nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide
nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide

(biochemistry) nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide

ko:니코틴아마이드 아데닌 다이뉴클레오타이드

en-니코틴아마이드_아데닌_다이뉴클레오타이드-ko-noun-UPzVvLKz


누이

First attested in the Joseon gwannyeogeo (朝鮮館驛語 / 조선관역어), 1403~1424, as Middle Korean 餒必 (Yale: *nwuWi). In the Hangul script, first attested in the Seokbo sangjeol (釋譜詳節 / 석보상절), 1447, as Middle Korean 누의 (Yale: nwùùy).
Ultimately appears to be from pre-Middle Korean */nup/ "sister" with the euphonic noun suffix 이 (-i) attached, as seen by the final vocalism in the Gyeongsang dialect form 누부 (nubu, “older sister of a male”) which is incompatible if the vowel -i was always part of the root. The phonologically conservative Gyeongsang and Yukjin dialects conserve the original /p~b/ in this word.


달마다

Of native Korean origin. From 달 (dal, “moon”) + 마다 (-mada, “each, every”).


승강기

[sʰɯŋɡa̠ŋɡi]

Sino-Korean word from 昇降機, from 昇降 (“rise and fall”) + 機 (“machine”)

ko-etym-sino

엘리베이터 엘리베이터#Korean

(formal) Synonym of 엘리베이터 (ellibeiteo, “elevator”)


백질

[pɛk̚t͡ɕ͈iɭ]

Sino-Korean word from 白質, from 白 (“white”) + 質 (“matter”)


회백질

[ɸwe̞bɛk̚t͡ɕ͈iɭ]

[hø̞bɛk̚t͡ɕ͈iɭ]

[hø̞be̞k̚t͡ɕ͈iɭ]

Sino-Korean word from 灰白質, from 灰白 (“gray”) + 質 (“matter”)


소원

Sino-Korean word from 訴 (“case”) + 願 (“to desire”)

ko-etym-Sino

(law) an appeal from the ruling of a lower court


입방체

[ip̚p͈a̠ŋt͡ɕʰe̞]


영사관

Sino-Korean word from 領事館, from 領事 (“consul”) + 館 (“accommodation”).


영사

총영사(總領事) ― chong'yeongsa(總 領事 ) ― consul-general


계승

(mathematics, combinatorics) a factorial


추위

Of native Korean origin. From 춥 (chup-) + 이 (-i, noun-deriving suffix).


차림

차리 (chari-) + ㅁ (-m, nominalization suffix).

af

평상복 차림으로 오세요.

getup, clothes, attire, appearance, outfit


촉지

[t͡ɕʰo̞k̚t͡ɕ͈i]


더듬이

더듬 (deodeum, “to grope; to stammer”) + 이 (-i, agentive noun-deriving suffix).


창세기

[ˈt͡ɕʰa̠(ː)ŋsʰe̞ɡi]


하느님

First attested in the 太平詞 / 태평사, 1598, as Early Modern Korean 하ᄂᆞ님 (Yale: hanonim), in a Confucian context. Equivalent to 하늘 (haneul, “heaven”) + 님 (nim, “lord”).
Rare in traditional Korean folk religion, where heaven-worship is not a major religious belief. The Catholic usage is perhaps a calque of Chinese 天主 (Tiānzhǔ, “Lord of Heaven; God”).

ko-etym-native

한처음에 ^하느님께서 하늘과 땅을 창조하셨다.
Hancheo'eum-e ^haneunim-kkeseo haneul-gwa ttang-eul changjohasyeotda.

Korean Catholic Bible, Changsegi (創世記 / 창세기) (Genesis) 1:1

In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth.


요일

Sino-Korean word from 曜日, an orthographic borrowing from Japanese 曜日(ようび) (yōbi).


만유인력

manyuillyeok (romanization)
萬有引力 (hanja)

[ˈma̠(ː)ɲuiʎʎʌ̹k̚]

Sino-Korean word from 萬有引力, from 萬有 (“universal”) + 引力 (“gravitation”)


砲臺

Hanja form of 포대 (“(military) barbette, fort, battery”).


활용

(grammar) conjugation, declension, inflection


북장

Russian: пуктя́й m (puktjáj)

Sino-Korean word from 北醬, from 北 (“north”) + 醬 (“sauce”)

fermented soybean paste (as made in Hamgyeongdo, the northeastern region of North Korea)


팬티 스타킹

Borrowed from Japanese パンティストッキング (panti sutokkingu), パンティーストッキング (pantī sutokkingu), equivalent to 팬티 (paenti, “panties”) + 스타킹 (seutaking, “stocking”), from English panty + stocking.


확률

Sino-Korean word from 確率 (“probability”)


모세혈관

mosehyeolgwan (romanization)
毛細血管 (hanja)

[mo̞sʰe̞ʝʌ̹ɭɡwa̠n]


제대

Sino-Korean word from 臍帶 (“umbilical cord”).


정조대

[t͡ɕʌ̹ŋd͡ʑo̞dɛ]

[t͡ɕʌ̹ŋd͡ʑo̞de̞]


애비

(cant, thieve's cant) a person who purchases stolen goods

cant; thieve's cant; cant; thieve's cant


직접화법

jikjeophwabeop (romanization)
直接話法 (hanja)

[t͡ɕik̚t͡ɕ͈ʌ̹pʰwa̠bʌ̹p̚]

(grammar) direct speech (the writing of speech)


평성

[pʰjʌ̹ŋsʰʌ̹ŋ]

(Chinese phonetics) level tone (one of the four tones in Middle Chinese)


승화

Sino-Korean word from 昇華, an orthographic borrowing from Japanese 昇華(しょうか) (shōka)


수류탄

Sino-Korean word from 手榴彈, from 手 (“hand”) + 榴彈 (“high explosive”)


표준어

Sino-Korean word from 표준(標準) (pyojun) + 어(語) (eo).

(South Korea) South Korean standard Korean language


문화어

Sino-Korean word from 문화(文化) (munhwa) + 어(語) (eo).


삼초

traditional Chinese medicine
traditional Chinese medicine

(traditional Chinese medicine) triple burner. Further divided into 상초(上焦) (sangcho), 중초(中焦) (jungcho) and 하초(下焦) (hacho); literally all the internal organs in the body.


연골

(anatomy) cartilage (dense connective tissue)


토치카

Borrowed from Russian то́чка (tóčka), full term: (долговре́менная огнева́я то́чка (dolgovrémennaja ognevája tóčka).

(military) bunker, pillbox (gun emplacement)


공수병

Sino-Korean word from 恐水病, from 恐 (“fear”) + 水 (“water”) + 病 (“illness”), with compound/genitive tensing applied.


자류석

[t͡ɕa̠ɾjusʰʌ̹k̚]


석류석

[sʰʌ̹ŋɲusʰʌ̹k̚]


닌자

a ninja (person trained in stealth, espionage, assassination, and ninjutsu)


빤쯔

From Japanese パンツ (pantsu), from English pants.


연구원생

yeon'guwonsaeng (romanization)
硏究院生 (hanja)

[jʌ̹nɡuwʌ̹nsʰɛŋ]

Sino-Korean word from 硏究院 (“graduate school”) + 生 (“student”)

ko-etym-Sino

(North Korea, Yanbian) postgraduate student


대학원생

daehagwonsaeng (romanization)
大學院生 (hanja)

[ˈtɛ(ː)ɦa̠ɡwʌ̹nsʰɛŋ]

[ˈte̞(ː)ɦa̠ɡwʌ̹nsʰe̞ŋ]

Sino-Korean word from 大學院 (“graduate school”) + 生 (“student”)


젖가공품

[t͡ɕʌ̹t̚k͈a̠ɡo̞ŋpʰum]

From 젖 (jeot, “milk, breastmilk”) + 가공품(加工品) (gagongpum, “product”).


항공기

[ˈha̠(ː)ŋɡo̞ŋɡi]

Sino-Korean word from 航空機, from 航空 (“aviation”) + 機 (“machine”).


항공

[ˈha̠(ː)ŋɡo̞ŋ]


자살

[t͡ɕa̠sʰa̠ɭ]


슈퍼스타

[ɕʰupʰʌ̹sʰɯtʰa̠]


천황

[t͡ɕʰʌ̹nβwa̠ŋ]


황제

[ɸwa̠ŋd͡ʑe̞]


황제

[ɸwa̠ŋd͡ʑe̞]


단엽기

Sino-Korean word from 單葉機 (“monoplane”).


한가위

From 한 (han, “great”) + 가위 (gawi, “Mid-Autumn Festival”).


잠꼬대

From 잠 (jam, “sleep”) and an unidentifiable second element.


미래학

Sino-Korean word from 未來學, from 未來 (“future”) + 學 (“-logy”).


타이틀곡

[tʰa̠itʰɯɭɡo̞k̚]

From 타이틀 (taiteul, “title”) + 곡 (曲, gok).


외교관

Sino-Korean word from 外交官, from 外交 (“diplomacy”) + 官 (“official”).


지혜서

[t͡ɕiʝe̞sʰʌ̹]

[t͡ɕiɦe̞sʰʌ̹]


사기죄

[sʰa̠ɡit͡ɕ͈ø̞]

Sino-Korean word from 사기(詐欺) (sagi) + 죄(罪) (joe), with compound/genitive tensing applied.


솔로몬의 지혜

솔로몬 (Sollomon, “Solomon”) + 의 (-ui, genitive particle) + 지혜(智慧) (jihye, “wisdom”)


虛無主義

허무주의 허무주의#Korean

Hanja form of 허무주의 (“(philosophy) nihilism”).


천국

[t͡ɕʰʌ̹nɡuk̚]

Sino-Korean word from 天 (“sky”) + 菊 (“chrysanthemum”)

ko-etym-sino

Dianthus chinensis
Dianthus chinensis#Translingual

(botany) Dianthus chinensis, a species of flowering plant


송과선

[sʰo̞ŋɡwa̠sʰʌ̹n]


솔

First attested in the Worin seokbo (月印釋譜 / 월인석보), 1459, as Middle Korean 솔〯 (Yale: swǒl).

ko-etym-native

솔로 닦다/털다


솔

Borrowed from Italian sol or some other European language.


솔

Alternative form of 소울 (soul, “soul (music genre, etc.)”)


솔

First attested in the Won'gakgyeong eonhae (圓覺經諺解 / 원각경언해), 1465, as Middle Korean 솔〯 (Yale: swǒl).
Displaced by 과녁 (gwanyeok), a nativized Sino-Korean word, as the general word for "target (in archery)".

(traditional archery) a target, especially one constructed by suspending a large piece of cloth between two poles


솔

(Jeolla dialect, Chungcheong) Synonym of 부추 (buchu, “garlic chive”)


낮잠

Of native Korean origin. From 낮 (nat, “daytime”) + 잠 (jam, “sleep”).

(midday) nap; sleeping during the daytime


성군

(astronomy) asterism (small group of stars)


禪宗

Hanja form of 선종 (“(Buddhism) Zen Buddhism”).


신경전달물질

ko-noun

신경전달물질 • (sin'gyeongjeondalmuljil) (hanja 神經傳導物質)

sin'gyeongjeondalmuljil (romanization)
神經傳導物質 (hanja)

[ɕʰinɡjʌ̹ŋd͡ʑʌ̹nda̠ɭmuʎt͡ɕ͈iɭ]


화학전달물질

화학전달물질 • (hwahakjeondalmuljil) (hanja 化學傳導物質)

hwahakjeondalmuljil (romanization)
化學傳導物質 (hanja)

[ˈɸwa̠(ː)ɦa̠k̚ t͡ɕʌ̹nda̠ɭ muʎt͡ɕ͈iɭ]


宿命論

sungmyeongnon (romanization)
숙명론 (hangeul)

Hanja form of 숙명론 (“(philosophy) fatalism”).


민병

Sino-Korean word from 民兵, from 民 (“people”) + 兵 (“soldier”)

ko-etym-sino

a militia (army of trained civilians called upon in time of need)


생화학

[sʰɛŋβwa̠ɦa̠k̚]

[sʰe̞ŋβwa̠ɦa̠k̚]


생물화학

saengmulhwahak (romanization)
生物化學 (hanja)

Sino-Korean word from 生物化學, from 生物 (“organism”) + 化學 (“chemistry”).


딸딸이

딸딸 (ttalttal, ideophone) + 이 (-i, noun-deriving suffix).

af

딸딸이를 치다


大藏經

Daejanggyeong (romanization)
대장경 (hangeul)

Hanja form of 대장경 (“Chinese Buddhist canon; Tripitaka”).


색연필

saengnyeonpil (romanization)
色鉛筆 (hanja)

[sʰɛŋɲʌ̹npʰiɭ]

[sʰe̞ŋɲʌ̹npʰiɭ]

Sino-Korean word from 色鉛筆, from 色 (“color”) + 鉛筆 (“pencil”).


고문

torture (intentional causing of somebody's experiencing agony)


성감대

[ˈsʰɘ(ː)ŋɡa̠mdɛ]


성감

[ˈsʰɘ(ː)ŋɡa̠m]


먹이

먹— (meok-, “to eat”) + 이 (-i, noun-deriving suffix).


공해

선생님은 우리에게 공해에 관한 숙제를 내주셨다. ― Seonsaengnimeun uriege gonghaee gwanhan sukjereul naejusyeotda. ― The teacher gave us an assignment on pollution.


공해

international waters
international waters


도살장

[to̞sʰa̠ʎt͡ɕ͈a̠ŋ]


친일파

(derogatory) chinilpa; pro-Japan traitor


익살

익살을 떨다


항문 괄약근

ko-noun

항문 괄약근 • (hangmun gwaryakgeun) (hanja 肛門括約筋)

hangmun gwaryakgeun (romanization)
肛門括約筋 (hanja)


쌍정

[s͈a̠ŋd͡ʑʌ̹ŋ]


항문성교

hangmunseonggyo (romanization)
肛門性交 (hanja)

Sino-Korean word from 항문(肛門) (hangmun, “anus”) + 성교(性交) (seonggyo, “sex”).


비린내

First attested in the Bullyu dugongbu si eonhae (分類杜工部詩諺解 / 분류두공부시언해), 1481, as Middle Korean 비린〮내〮 (Yale: pìlínnáy).
Equivalent to 비리— (biri-) + —ㄴ (-n) + 내 (nae).


총통

[ˈt͡ɕʰo̞(ː)ŋtʰo̞ŋ]

(historical, Nazism) Führer, the chancellor of Nazi Germany.


총통

[t͡ɕʰo̞ŋtʰo̞ŋ]

Sino-Korean word from 銃 (“gun”) + 筒/筩 (筒 / 筩, “barrel, tube”).


비리다

ko-adj

비리다 • (birida) (infinitive 비려 or 비리어, sequential 비리니)

birida (romanization)
비려 (infinitive)
비리어 (infinitive)
비리니 (sequential)
비리다 (formal indicative non-past)
비려 (indicative informal non-past)
비려요 (indicative informal non-past polite)
비리어요 (indicative informal non-past polite)
비립니다 (formal indicative non-past polite)
비렸다 (formal indicative past)
비렸어 (indicative informal past)
비렸어요 (indicative informal past polite)
비렸습니다 (formal indicative past polite)
비리냐 (formal interrogative non-past)
비려 (informal interrogative non-past)
비려요 (informal interrogative non-past polite)
비리어요 (informal interrogative non-past polite)
비립니까 (formal interrogative non-past polite)
비렸냐 (formal interrogative past)
비렸어 (informal interrogative past)
비렸어요 (informal interrogative past polite)
비렸습니까 (formal interrogative past polite)
비리겠다 (assertive formal)
비리겠어 (assertive informal)
비리겠어요 (assertive informal polite)
비리겠습니다 (assertive formal polite)
비려 (causative formal)
비려서 (causative informal)
비리어서 (causative informal)
비리니 (causative informal polite)
비리니까 (causative formal polite)
비리지만 (contrastive formal)
비린데 (contrastive informal)
비리더니 (contrastive informal polite)
비리고 (conjunctive formal)
비리면 (conditional formal)
비려야 (conditional informal)
비리어야 (conditional informal)
비림 (formal noun-from-verb)
비리기 (informal noun-from-verb)
비렸음 (formal noun-from-verb past)
비리었음 (formal noun-from-verb past)
비렸기 (informal noun-from-verb past)
비리었기 (informal noun-from-verb past)
비린 (determiner informal present)
비릴 (determiner future informal)
비리시다 (indicative non-past)
비리셔 (indicative informal non-past)
비리세요 (indicative non-past polite)
비리셔요 (indicative non-past polite)
비리십니다 (formal indicative non-past)
비리셨다 (indicative past)
비리셨어 (indicative informal past)
비리셨어요 (indicative past polite)
비리셨습니다 (formal indicative past)
비리시냐 (interrogative non-past)
비리셔 (informal interrogative non-past)
비리세요 (interrogative non-past polite)
비리셔요 (interrogative non-past polite)
비리십니까 (formal interrogative non-past)
비리셨냐 (interrogative past)
비리셨어 (informal interrogative past)
비리셨어요 (interrogative past polite)
비리셨습니까 (formal interrogative past)
비리시겠다 (assertive)
비리시겠어 (assertive informal)
비리시겠어요 (assertive polite)
비리시겠습니다 (assertive formal)
비리셔 (causative)
비리셔서 (causative informal)
비리시니 (causative polite)
비리시니까 (causative formal)
비리시지만 (contrastive)
비리신데 (contrastive informal)
비리시더니 (contrastive polite)
비리시고 (conjunctive)
비리시면 (conditional)
비리셔야 (conditional informal)
비리심 (noun-from-verb)
비리시기 (informal noun-from-verb)
비리셨음 (noun-from-verb past)
비리셨기 (informal noun-from-verb past)
비리신 (determiner informal present)
비리실 (determiner future informal)

First attested in the Worin seokbo (月印釋譜 / 월인석보), 1459, as Middle Korean 비리다 (Yale: pilita). Ablaut form: 배리다 (baerida).


라이트세이버

(science fiction, weaponry) lightsaber (sword having a blade made of a powerful beam of light)


광검

Sino-Korean word from 光劍, from 光 (“light”) + 劍 (“sword”), calque of English lightsaber.


눈꺼풀

졸려서 눈꺼풀이 감긴다.

My eyelids are drooping because I'm sleepy.


운동량

Sino-Korean word from 運動量, from 運動 (“motion”) + 量 (“amount”)


도표

Sino-Korean word from 圖表, from 圖 (“illustration”) + 表 (“form, chart”)


의미론

Sino-Korean word from 意味論, from 意味 (“meaning”) + 論 (“theory”).


캐릭터

[kʰɛɾik̚tʰʌ̹]

[kʰe̞ɾik̚tʰʌ̹]

fictional character, particularly in genre fiction and similar media, or as a personification of an institution

(computing) character (code representing a printing character or a control character)


종아리

[ˈt͡ɕo̞(ː)ŋa̠ɾi]

First attested in the Magyeong chojip eonhae (馬經抄集諺解 / 마경초집언해), 16th century, as Early Modern Korean 죵아리 (Yale: cwong.ali); equivalent to 종(踵) (jong, “heel”) + 아리 (-ari, suffix).

ko-etym-native

종아리를 맞다


프랑스빵

[pʰɯɾa̠ŋsʰɯp͈a̠ŋ]

프랑스 (Peurangseu, “France”) + 빵 (ppang, “bread”).

compound

baguette, French bread, French stick (a variety of bread that is long and narrow in shape)


바게트

[p͈a̠ɡe̞tʰɯ]


지주

Sino-Korean word from 持株, from 持 (“to hold”) + 株 (“stock”), orthographic borrowing from Japanese 持(も)ち株(かぶ) (mochikabu).

ko-etym-sino

(finance) stock that one holds; stock that one owns


독어

Sino-Korean word from 獨 (“Germany”) + 語 (“language”).


사창

[sʰa̠t͡ɕʰa̠ŋ]

Sino-Korean word from 司倉, from 司 (“be in charge of”) + 倉 (“storage room”).

ko-etym-Sino

government office of the 창부(倉部) (changbu) during the Silla dynasty, responsible for managing storage and supplies


사창

[sʰa̠t͡ɕʰa̠ŋ]

Sino-Korean word from 私娼, from 私 (“private; secret”) + 娼 (“prostitute”).


사창

[sʰa̠t͡ɕʰa̠ŋ]

Sino-Korean word from 社倉, from 社 (“community”) + 倉 (“storage house”).

(agriculture) harvest barn in each village during the Joseon dynasty


사창

[sʰa̠t͡ɕʰa̠ŋ]

Sino-Korean word from 紗窓, from 紗 (“gauze”) + 窓 (“window”).


교재

Sino-Korean word from 敎材 (“teaching materials”)


ㆆ

(linguistics) In contemporary Korean dialectology, used to represent an archiphoneme which tenses the subsequent consonant.


소방차

[sʰo̞ba̠ŋt͡ɕʰa̠]

Sino-Korean word from 소방(消防) (sobang, “firefighting”) + 차(車) (cha, “vehicle”). See also Japanese 消防車 (shōbōsha).


제주어

[ˈt͡ɕe̞(ː)d͡ʑuʌ̹]

Sino-Korean word from 濟州語, from 濟州 (“Jeju”) + 語 (“language”).

그녀는 제주어를 정말 잘 하세요.

geunyeo-neun jejueo-reul jeongmal jal haseyo.


제주말

From 제주(濟州) (Jeju) + 말 (mal, “speech, language”).

com

그녀는 제주말을 정말 잘 하세요.

geunyeo-neun jejumar-eul jeongmal jal haseyo.


반물질

Sino-Korean word from 反物質, from 反 (“anti-”) + 物質 (“matter”).


반입자

Sino-Korean word from 反粒子, from 反 (“anti-”) + 粒子 (“particle”).


달구지

First attested in the Beonyeok Bak Tongsa (飜譯朴通事 / 번역박통사), before 1517, as Middle Korean ᄃᆞᆯ고지. Proposed Proto-Korean *tarko can be compared to Proto-Mongolic *tergen and Proto-Tungusic *turki.

ko-etym-native

소달구지


구축함

Sino-Korean word from 驅逐艦, from 驅逐 (“to expel”) + 艦 (“warship”)


코퓰러

[kʰo̞pʰjuɭɭʌ̹]


시조조

[ˈɕʰi(ː)d͡ʑo̞d͡ʑo̞]

Sino-Korean word from 始祖鳥, from 始祖 (“first ancestor”) + 鳥 (“bird”)

Synonym of 시조새 (sijosae, “archeopteryx”)


시조새

[ˈɕʰi(ː)d͡ʑo̞sʰɛ]

[ˈɕʰi(ː)d͡ʑo̞sʰe̞]

시조 (始祖) (sijo ( 始祖 ), “first ancestor”) + 새 (sae, “bird”)


할인

Sino-Korean word from 할인(割引) (harin), from an orthographic borrowing from Japanese 割引(わりびき) (waribiki).


익룡

Sino-Korean word from 翼龍, from 翼 (“wing”) + 龍 (“dragon”).


도깨비

First attested in the Seokbo sangjeol (釋譜詳節 / 석보상절), 1447, as Middle Korean 돗〮가비〮 (Yale: twóskàpí).

ko-etym-native

(mythology) dokkaebi (mythical being in Korean folklore or fairy tales)


폐렴

Sino-Korean word from 肺炎, from 肺 (“lung”) + 炎 (“inflammation”).
염 (炎, yeom) is read irregularly as 렴 (ryeom).


서커스

[s͈ʌ̹kʰʌ̹s͈ɯ]


뒷간

First attested in the Worin seokbo (月印釋譜 / 월인석보), 1459, as Middle Korean 뒷〯간 (Yale: twǔy-s-kàn).
뒤 (dwi, “back”) + ㅅ (-s-) + 간(間) (gan, “room”).

compound

뒷간에 갈 적 마음 다르고 올 적 마음 다르다.

(Korean saying) Danger past, God forgotten.

Dwitgan-e gal jeok ma'eum dareugo ol jeok ma'eum dareuda.


소프트 테니스

From Japanese ソフトテニス (sofuto tenisu), from English soft + tennis.


반올림

반(半) (ban, “half”) + 올림 (ollim, “elevating; rounding off”, from 올리다 (ollida, “to raise”)).

from <i class="Kore mention" lang="ko">올리다</i> (ollida, “to raise”)

(mathematics) rounding off (to an integer or a decimal place)


근삿값

근사(近似) (geunsa, “approximating”) + ㅅ (-s-) + 값 (gap, “price; value”).

(mathematics) approximate value, approximation


행렬식

haengnyeolsik (romanization)
行列式 (hanja)

[hɛŋɲʌ̹ɭɕʰik̚]

[he̞ŋɲʌ̹ɭɕʰik̚]

Sino-Korean word from 行列式 (“determinant”)


석탄

석탄산

phenol (caustic compound derived from benzene)


사타구니

Of native Korean origin. From 샅 (sat, “gap, crotch”) + 아귀 (agwi, “angle”), originally from 샅 (sat) + 어귀 (eogwi, “entrance”).


통조림

통(桶) (tong, “barrel”) + 조림 (jorim), verbal noun of 조리다 (jorida, “boil down”).


가제

jaryo-myeong-eun gaje-im


먹방

→ English: mukbang, meokbang

→ Indonesian: mokbang, mukbang

desc

→ Japanese: モッパン, モクパン; モクバン

→ Japanese: モッパン, モクパン; モクバン

→ Chinese: (semantic loan) 吃播 (chībō)

[mʌ̹k̚p͈a̠ŋ]

From 먹— (meok-, “to eat”) + 방 (放, bang) (short for 방송 (放送, bangsong, “broadcast”)).

먹방이 많아지고 경쟁이 치열해지면서 푸드 포르노그래피 요소가 더욱 중요해졌다.

2017, 대한민국 자영업 트렌드 2017

As mukbang becomes more prevalent and competition intensifies, the food pornography factor becomes increasingly important.

Meokbang-i manajigo gyeongjaeng-i chiyeolhaejimyeonseo pudeu poreunogeuraepi yoso-ga deouk jung'yohaejeotda.

(neologism, Internet) mukbang: an online video broadcast in which a person eats while interacting with their audience


비읍

bieup - the name of the sixth jamo, ㅂ (b) in hangeul.


미음

mieum - the name of the fifth jamo, ㅁ (m) in hangeul.


치읓

chieut - the name of the tenth jamo, ㅊ (ch) in hangeul.


요오드

Borrowed from Japanese ヨード, from German Jod.


수은

Sino-Korean word from 水銀, from 水 (“water”) + 銀 (“silver”)


엿

First attested in the Gugeupganibang eonhae (救急簡易方諺解 / 구급간이방언해), 1489, as Middle Korean 엿 (Yale: yes). Related to 여섯 (yeoseot).

ko-etym-native

(used with classifiers such as 냥(兩) (nyang), 되 (doe), 섬 (seom), and 짐 (jim)) six


면적

[ˈmjɘ(ː)ɲd͡ʑʌ̹k̚]

그것은 면적이 약 사백오십(450)만 제곱 킬로미터에 달하고 남극 대륙과 그린랜드에 이어서 세계에서 세번째로 큰 얼음 더미를 차지하고 있다.
geugeoseun myeonjeogi yak sabaegosip(450)man jegop killomiteo'e dalhago namgeuk daeryukgwa geurillaendeue ieoseo segyeeseo sebeonjjaero keun eoreum deomireul chajihago itda.
It is about 4.5 million square kilometers in area and holds the world’s third largest collection of ice after Antarctica and Greenland.
2018, VOA Learning English > China's Melting Glacier Brings Visitors, Adds to Climate Concerns (The original sentence in English)


선창

[sʰʌ̹ɲt͡ɕʰa̠ŋ]

Sino-Korean word from 船艙, from 船 (“ship, boat”) + 艙 (“cabin, compartment”).


선창

[sʰʌ̹ɲt͡ɕʰa̠ŋ]

Sino-Korean word from 船倉, from 船 (“ship, boat”) + 倉 (“storage room”).


선창

[sʰʌ̹ɲt͡ɕʰa̠ŋ]

Sino-Korean word from 癬瘡, from 癬 (“ringworm”) + 瘡 (“skin boil”).

(traditional Korean medicine, dermatology) skin disease caused by dermatophytes, including dry and wet forms and mainly involving the face


진여

(Buddhism, philosophy) suchness, thusness (existence as it is)


真如

Alternative form of 眞如 (“(Buddhism) suchness”)


미역국

From 미역 (miyeok, “wakame”) + 국 (guk, “soup”).

miyeok-guk or seaweed soup, usually consumed by postpartum women or people celebrating birthdays


식혜

Sino-Korean word from 食醯, from 食 (“food”) + 醯 (“vinegar, ferment”)

ko-etym-Sino

sikhye (a sweet dessert beverage made from barley and rice, sometimes served with pine nuts)


분수

Sino-Korean word from 分數, from 分 (“fraction”) + 數 (“number”), with compound/genitive tensing applied.

ko-etym-sino

분수는 최대한 약분을 해야 된다.

A Fraction must be reduced to its simplest form.

Bunsu-neun choedaehan yakbun-eul hae-ya doenda.


그제

그 (geu, “that”) + 적 (jeok, “time, moment”) + 의 (-ui, particle).

affix

day before yesterday
day before yesterday

Contraction of 그저께 (geujeokke).: day before yesterday, ereyesterday

어제

Other days near the day before yesterday


스테이플러

[sʰɯtʰe̞ipʰɯɭɭʌ̹]

a stapler (device which binds together paper)


시제

(grammar) tense (verb forms distinguishing time)


술래잡기

[sʰuɭɭɛd͡ʑa̠p̚k͈i]

From 술래 (sullae) (< 순라 (巡邏, sulla)) + 잡— (jap-) + —기 (-gi).


배꼽

First attested in the Worin seokbo (月印釋譜 / 월인석보), 1459, as Middle Korean ᄇᆡᆺ복 (Yale: poy-s-pwok).

ko-etym-native

(anatomy) navel (remnant of umbilical cord)


선술집

[sʰʌ̹nsʰuʎt͡ɕ͈ip̚]

서— (seo-, “to stand”) + −ㄴ (-n, realis adnominalizer) + 술집 (suljip, “bar, pub”). Literally "pub where one stands".
The meaning of "tavern" appears to stem from an early mistranslation of English tavern, a common setting in Western medieval-setting genre fiction.


태양절

[tʰɛja̠ŋd͡ʑʌ̹ɭ]

[tʰe̞ja̠ŋd͡ʑʌ̹ɭ]

Sino-Korean word from 太陽節, from 太陽 (“Sun”) + 節 (“day”), in reference to Kim Il-sung's name; his given name 일성 (日成, ilseong) literally means “becoming the Sun”.

ko-etym-sino

Day of the Sun, an annual public holiday in North Korea on 15 April, the birth anniversary of the country's founder Kim Il-sung.


움짤

Contraction of 움직이는 짤방 (umjigineun jjalbang).

contraction

(neologism, Internet slang) animated GIF image


스파게티

스파게티와 미트볼


효소

Sino-Korean word from 酵素, an orthographic borrowing from Japanese 酵素(こうそ) (kōso)


행

—행 (canonical)
-haeng (romanization)
行 (hanja)

나라행


決定論

gyeoljeongnon (romanization)
결정론 (hangeul)

Hanja form of 결정론 (“(philosophy, ethics) determinism”).


완두

Pisum sativum
Pisum sativum#Translingual


윅셔너리

[ɥikɕ͈ʌ̹nʌ̹ɾi]

[ykɕ͈ʌ̹nʌ̹ɾi]


이민

Sino-Korean word from 移民, from 移 (“to change place”) + 民 (“people”)


동그라미

동글 (donggeul-, “round”) + 아미 (-ami, suffix). Ablaut form: 둥그러미 (dunggeureomi). Tense form: 똥그라미 (ttonggeurami).

affix

동그라미를 치다


아테지

(linguistics) The use of kanji chosen primarily for their phonetic or semantic value to represent foreign or native Japanese words, or the kanji so used.


무수

Sino-Korean word from 無水, from 無 (“without”) + 水 (“water”).

ko-etym-sino

무수 아세트산 ― musu aseteusan ― acetic anhydride

(attributive, chemistry) anhydrous (containing no water)


초은하단

cho'eunhadan (romanization)
超銀河團 (hanja)

Sino-Korean word from 超 (“super-”) + 銀河團 (“galaxy cluster”)


은하단

Sino-Korean word from 銀河 (“galaxy”) + 團 (“circle”)


중성자

[t͡ɕuŋsʰʌ̹ŋd͡ʑa̠]


스파이웨어

(computing) spyware (software that surreptitiously monitors and reports activity)


랜섬웨어

[ɾɛnsʰʌ̹mwe̞ʌ̹]

[ɾe̞nsʰʌ̹mwe̞ʌ̹]


맬웨어

(computing) malware (software developed to cause harm to a computer system)


광초

Sino-Korean word from 光 (“light”) + 秒 (“second”)


안뜰

안 (an, “interior”) + 뜰 (tteul, “garden”)


안마당

안 (an, “interior”) + 마당 (madang, “yard”).


로크포르

[ɾo̞kxɯpʰo̞ɾɯ]


냥

(units of measure) A liang, a Korean unit of weight equivalent to about 40 g.


조현병

johyeonbyeong (romanization)
調絃病 (hanja)

[t͡ɕo̞ʝʌ̹nbjʌ̹ŋ]

Sino-Korean word from 調絃 (“tuning a stringed instrument”) + 病 (“disease”), i.e. disease of misattunement (of the brain).
This is a euphemistic name introduced by the Korean Medical Association in March 2011, in order to replace the former misnomer-ic and stigmatising name of 정신분열병 (精神分裂病, jeongsinbunyeolbyeong, “mind-splitting disease”).


정신분열병

ko-noun

정신분열병 • (jeongsinbunyeolbyeong) (hanja 精神分裂病)

jeongsinbunyeolbyeong (romanization)
精神分裂病 (hanja)

[t͡ɕʌ̹ŋɕʰin puɲʌ̹ɭbjʌ̹ŋ]

(pathology, now disfavoured) schizophrenia


슬기

First attested in the Gyechuk ilgi (癸丑日記 / 계축일기), c. 1600 , as Early Modern Korean 슬긔 (Yale: sulkuy). Compare Manchu ᠰᡠᡵᡝ (sure, “intelligent”).


체온계

[t͡ɕʰe̞o̞nɡe̞]


불면증

bulmyeonjeung (romanization)
不眠症 (hanja)

[puɭmjʌ̹ɲt͡ɕ͈ɯŋ]

Sino-Korean word from 不眠症, from 不眠 (“not sleeping”) + 症 (“syndrome, illness”), with compound/genitive tensing applied.


성교 체위

seonggyo chewi (romanization)
性交體位 (hanja)

[ˈsʰɘ(ː)ŋɡjo t͡ɕʰe̞ɥi]

[ˈsʰɘ(ː)ŋɡjo t͡ɕʰe̞y]

Sino-Korean word from 성교(性交) (seonggyo, “sex”) + 체위(體位) (chewi, “position”).


루바슈카

Borrowed from Russian руба́шка (rubáška).


눈두덩

the upper eyelids, which are swollen in themselves.


씹두덩

[ɕ͈ip̚t͈udʌ̹ŋ]

씹 (ssip, “vulva”) + 두덩 (dudeong, “mound”)

(vulgar, derogatory) mons pubis, mons veneris, Venus mound


씹거웃

[ɕ͈ip̚k͈ʌ̹ut̚]

(vulgar, derogatory) woman's pubes, pubic hair


복건

an official hat made of black cloth in historical Joseon.


아리랑

(~타령) (music) Arirang, a Korean folk song, often considered unified Korea's unofficial national anthem.


목청

[mo̞k̚t͡ɕʰʌ̹ŋ]


기승위

Sino-Korean word from 騎乘位, Orthographic borrowing from Japanese 騎乗位(きじょうい) (kijōi).

ja-r

騎乗位(きじょうい) (kijōi)


안면승마

anmyeonseungma (romanization)
顔面乘馬 (hanja)


교차위

a sex position in which both partners' legs are interlocked


신장위

[ɕʰiɲd͡ʑa̠ŋɥi]

[ɕʰiɲd͡ʑa̠ŋy]

a variation of the missionary position in which a man spreads himself over the woman


정상위

[t͡ɕʌ̹ŋsʰa̠ŋɥi]

[t͡ɕʌ̹ŋsʰa̠ŋy]


범주

Sino-Korean word from 範疇, from 範 (“law”) + 疇 (“furrow”)


메시아

From English messiah, from Latin messiahs, from Ancient Greek Μεσσίας (Messías); ultimately from Aramaic משיחא (məšīḥā) which is in turn from Biblical Hebrew מָשִׁיחַ (māšîaḥ).

der

Aramaic משיחא (məšīḥā)


지도책

[t͡ɕido̞t͡ɕʰɛk̚]


내음

An inoffensive smell, usually referred in literature.

향기

Any fragrances from flower, perfume, coffee


구린내

First attested in the Eonhae duchang jibyo (諺解痘瘡集要 / 언해두창집요), 1608, as Early Modern Korean 구린내 (Yale: kwulinnay). Equivalent to 구리— (guri-) + —ㄴ (-n) + 내 (nae).


산스크리트어

[sʰa̠nsʰɯkxɯɾitʰɯʌ̹]

English Sanskrit (from Sanskrit संस्कृत (saṃskṛta)) + 어(語) (-eo, “language”).

affix

from Sanskrit <i class="Deva mention" lang="sa">संस्कृत</i> (saṃskṛta)


구약성경

Guyakseonggyeong (romanization)
舊約聖經 (hanja)

[구(ː)약성(ː)경]

Sino-Korean word from 舊約聖經, from 舊 (“old”) + 約 (“appointment”) + 聖經 (“Bible”).

ko-etym-Sino

Coordinate term: 신약성경(新約聖經) (Sinyakseonggyeong, “The New Testament”)


구리다

ko-adj

구리다 • (gurida) (infinitive 구려 or 구리어, sequential 구리니)

gurida (romanization)
구려 (infinitive)
구리어 (infinitive)
구리니 (sequential)
구리다 (formal indicative non-past)
구려 (indicative informal non-past)
구려요 (indicative informal non-past polite)
구리어요 (indicative informal non-past polite)
구립니다 (formal indicative non-past polite)
구렸다 (formal indicative past)
구렸어 (indicative informal past)
구렸어요 (indicative informal past polite)
구렸습니다 (formal indicative past polite)
구리냐 (formal interrogative non-past)
구려 (informal interrogative non-past)
구려요 (informal interrogative non-past polite)
구리어요 (informal interrogative non-past polite)
구립니까 (formal interrogative non-past polite)
구렸냐 (formal interrogative past)
구렸어 (informal interrogative past)
구렸어요 (informal interrogative past polite)
구렸습니까 (formal interrogative past polite)
구리겠다 (assertive formal)
구리겠어 (assertive informal)
구리겠어요 (assertive informal polite)
구리겠습니다 (assertive formal polite)
구려 (causative formal)
구려서 (causative informal)
구리어서 (causative informal)
구리니 (causative informal polite)
구리니까 (causative formal polite)
구리지만 (contrastive formal)
구린데 (contrastive informal)
구리더니 (contrastive informal polite)
구리고 (conjunctive formal)
구리면 (conditional formal)
구려야 (conditional informal)
구리어야 (conditional informal)
구림 (formal noun-from-verb)
구리기 (informal noun-from-verb)
구렸음 (formal noun-from-verb past)
구리었음 (formal noun-from-verb past)
구렸기 (informal noun-from-verb past)
구리었기 (informal noun-from-verb past)
구린 (determiner informal present)
구릴 (determiner future informal)
구리시다 (indicative non-past)
구리셔 (indicative informal non-past)
구리세요 (indicative non-past polite)
구리셔요 (indicative non-past polite)
구리십니다 (formal indicative non-past)
구리셨다 (indicative past)
구리셨어 (indicative informal past)
구리셨어요 (indicative past polite)
구리셨습니다 (formal indicative past)
구리시냐 (interrogative non-past)
구리셔 (informal interrogative non-past)
구리세요 (interrogative non-past polite)
구리셔요 (interrogative non-past polite)
구리십니까 (formal interrogative non-past)
구리셨냐 (interrogative past)
구리셨어 (informal interrogative past)
구리셨어요 (interrogative past polite)
구리셨습니까 (formal interrogative past)
구리시겠다 (assertive)
구리시겠어 (assertive informal)
구리시겠어요 (assertive polite)
구리시겠습니다 (assertive formal)
구리셔 (causative)
구리셔서 (causative informal)
구리시니 (causative polite)
구리시니까 (causative formal)
구리시지만 (contrastive)
구리신데 (contrastive informal)
구리시더니 (contrastive polite)
구리시고 (conjunctive)
구리시면 (conditional)
구리셔야 (conditional informal)
구리심 (noun-from-verb)
구리시기 (informal noun-from-verb)
구리셨음 (noun-from-verb past)
구리셨기 (informal noun-from-verb past)
구리신 (determiner informal present)
구리실 (determiner future informal)

First attested in the Gugeupganibang eonhae (救急簡易方諺解 / 구급간이방언해), 1489, as Middle Korean 구리다 (Yale: kwulita). Aspirate form: 쿠리다 (kurida). Ablaut form: 고리다 (gorida).


인쇄

Sino-Korean word from 印刷, from 印 (“stamp, mark”) + 刷 (“brush”)


육각수

alternative medicine
alternative medicine


티읕

tieut - the name of the twelfth jamo, ㅌ (t) in hangeul.


리을

rieul - the name of the fourth jamo, ㄹ (l) in hangeul.


지읒

jieut - the name of the ninth jamo, ㅈ (j) in hangeul.


니은

nieun - the name of the second jamo, ㄴ (n) in hangeul.


디귿

Coined at 1527 as 池末 in Hunmongjahoe(訓蒙字會, Introductions of the Letters for Youth), written by Choe Sejin. Each Sino-korean letter is used only for showing Korean pronunciation, as Middle Sino-korean 池(디, di) has the initial ㄷ in its pronunciation, and the meaning of 末(Middle Korean 귿(geud)) has the final ㄷ.

digeut - the name of the third jamo, ㄷ (d) in hangeul.


키읔

kieuk - the name of the eleventh jamo, ㅋ (k) in hangeul.


피읖

pieup - the name of the thirteenth jamo, ㅍ (p) in hangeul.


직사각형

jiksagakhyeong (romanization)
直四角形 (hanja)

[t͡ɕiks͈a̠ɡa̠cçʌ̹ŋ]


구분자

Sino-Korean word from 區分字, with compound/genitive tensing applied.


계산원

Sino-Korean word from 計算 (“count”) + 員 (“worker”).

cashier (person in charge of the cash of a business or bank)


천당

[t͡ɕʰʌ̹nda̠ŋ]


철자법

[t͡ɕʰʌ̹ʎt͡ɕ͈a̠p͈ʌ̹p̚]

Sino-Korean word from 철자(綴字) (cheolja, “spelling”) + 법(法) (beop, “law; method”), with compound/genitive tensing applied.


트럼펫

[tʰɯɾʌ̹mpʰe̞t̚]


르네상스

[ɾɯne̞s͈a̠ŋs͈ɯ]


트랜지스터

[tʰɯɾɛɲd͡ʑisʰɯtʰʌ̹]

[tʰɯɾe̞ɲd͡ʑisʰɯtʰʌ̹]


축전기

[t͡ɕʰuk̚t͡ɕ͈ʌ̹nɡi]


중력

[ˈt͡ɕu(ː)ŋɲʌ̹k̚]


콜레라

[kʰo̞ɭɭe̞ɾa̠]


진동수

Sino-Korean word from 진동(振動) (jindong) + 수(數) (su).


폭발물

Sino-Korean word from 폭발(爆發) (pokbal) + 物.


생식

[sʰe̞ŋɕʰik̚]


뼈대

뼈대가 단단한 사람

집의 뼈대

(architecture) frame, skeleton (of a building)

이야기의 뼈대


저항기

[ˈt͡ɕɘ(ː)ɦa̠ŋɡi]


기관총

[kiɡwa̠ɲt͡ɕʰo̞ŋ]

Sino-Korean word from 기관(機關) (gigwan) + 총(銃) (chong).


진화

progress, development; (biology) evolution


호주인

Sino-Korean word from 濠洲 (“Australia”) + 人 (“person”)


인종 차별

injong chabyeol (romanization)
人種差別 (hanja)

[iɲd͡ʑo̞ŋ t͡ɕʰa̠bjʌ̹ɭ]


부상

(Chinese mythology) Fusang, legendary land to the East commonly assumed to be Japan


태국어

Sino-Korean word from 泰國語, from 泰國 (“Thailand”) + 語 (“language”)


피폭자

Sino-Korean word from 被爆者, from 被爆 (“being bombed”) + 者 (“-er”).


강판

knocking out of the box
knock out of the box

(baseball) leaving the mound; knocking out of the box


포화 지방산

ko-noun

포화 지방산 • (pohwa jibangsan) (hanja 飽和脂肪酸)

pohwa jibangsan (romanization)
飽和脂肪酸 (hanja)

saturated fatty acid
saturated fatty acid


불포화 지방산

불포화 지방산 • (bulpohwa jibangsan) (hanja 不飽和脂肪酸)

bulpohwa jibangsan (romanization)
不飽和脂肪酸 (hanja)

unsaturated fatty acid
unsaturated fatty acid


전압

(electricity) electric pressure; voltage


평형

[pʰjʌ̹ŋʝʌ̹ŋ]


화학 평형

화학 평형 • (hwahak pyeonghyeong) (hanja 化學平衡)

hwahak pyeonghyeong (romanization)
化學平衡 (hanja)

[ˈɸwa̠(ː)ɦa̠k̚ pʰjʌ̹ŋʝʌ̹ŋ]

chemical equilibrium
chemical equilibrium


효소학

Sino-Korean word from 酵素學, from 酵素 (“enzyme”) + 學 (“-logy”).


저급 지방산

ko-noun

저급 지방산 • (jeogeup jibangsan) (hanja 低級脂肪酸)

jeogeup jibangsan (romanization)
低級脂肪酸 (hanja)

[t͡ɕʌ̹ɡɯp̚ t͡ɕiba̠ŋsʰa̠n]


고급 지방산

고급 지방산 • (gogeup jibangsan) (hanja 高級脂肪酸)

gogeup jibangsan (romanization)
高級脂肪酸 (hanja)

Sino-Korean word from 고급(高級) (gogeup, “high-grade”) + 지방산(脂肪酸) (jibangsan, “fatty acid”).


유리 지방산

yuri jibangsan (romanization)
遊離脂肪酸 (hanja)


야민정음

yaminjeong'eum (romanization)
野民正音 (hanja)

[ˈja̠(ː)miɲd͡ʑʌ̹ŋɯm]

Blend of 야 (ya, clipping of 야구 갤러리 (yagu gaelleori), the DC Inside baseball forum) + 훈민정음(訓民正音) (hunminjeong'eum).
See 야 (ya) for details.

blend

clipping of <i class="Kore mention" lang="ko">야구 갤러리</i> (yagu gaelleori), the DC Inside baseball forum

A humorous form of speaking online, where hangul syllables are replaced by visually similar hangul syllables.


필수 지방산

ko-noun

필수 지방산 • (pilsu jibangsan) (hanja 必須脂肪酸)

pilsu jibangsan (romanization)
必須脂肪酸 (hanja)

essential fatty acid
essential fatty acid


불가결 지방산

불가결 지방산 • (bulgagyeol jibangsan) (hanja 不可缺脂肪酸)

bulgagyeol jibangsan (romanization)
不可缺脂肪酸 (hanja)

[puɭɡa̠ɡjʌ̹ɭ t͡ɕiba̠ŋsʰa̠n]


실크 로드

[ɕʰiɭkxɯ ɾo̞dɯ]


필수 아미노산

필수 (pilsu, “essential”) + 아미노산 (aminosan, “amino acid”)

affix

essential amino acid
essential amino acid


불가결 아미노산

불가결 (bulgagyeol, “essential”) + 아미노산 (aminosan, “amino acid”)


스테아르산

[sʰɯtʰe̞a̠ɾɯsʰa̠n]


글리세롤

[kɯʎʎisʰe̞ɾo̞ɭ]


프로필렌

[pʰɯɾo̞pʰiɭɭe̞n]


혈장

[çʌ̹ʎt͡ɕ͈a̠ŋ]

Sino-Korean word from 血漿, with compound/genitive tensing applied


과학관

Sino-Korean word from 科學館, from 科學 (“science”) + 館 (“building”).


벤졸

[pe̞ɲd͡ʑo̞ɭ]

From German Benzol via Japanese ベンゾール (benzōru).


페놀

(organic chemistry) phenol (caustic compound derived from benzene)

(organic chemistry) phenol (any of a class of aromatic organic compounds having at least one hydroxyl group attached directly to the benzene ring)


설폰

[sʰʌ̹ɭpʰo̞n]


하이드록실아민

(organic chemistry) hydroxylamine (NH₂OH)

(organic chemistry) hydroxylamine (derivative)


설포닐기

[sʰʌ̹ɭpʰo̞niɭɡi]

(organic chemistry) sulfonyl (any univalent radical derived from a sulfonic acid)


하이드라진

(inorganic chemistry) hydrazine (NH₂-NH₂)

(organic chemistry) hydrazine (derivative)


이소니트릴

(obsolete, organic chemistry) isocyanide


히드록실기

[çidɯɾo̞kɕ͈iɭɡi]


설프히드릴기

[sʰʌ̹ɭpʰɯʝidɯɾiɭɡi]


카르복실기

[kʰa̠ɾɯbo̞kɕ͈iɭɡi]


수산기

Sino-Korean word from 水酸基, from 水 (“hydrogen”) + 酸 (“oxygen”) + 基 (“radical”).


플루오렌

[pʰɯɭɭuo̞ɾe̞n]


프로파길

[pʰɯɾo̞pʰa̠ɡiɭ]


분광학

Sino-Korean word from 分光學, from 分光 (“spectrum”) + 學 (“-ology”).


피라졸

[pʰiɾa̠d͡ʑo̞ɭ]


프탈라진

[pʰɯtʰa̠ɭɭa̠d͡ʑin]


흑발

Sino-Korean word from 黑髮, from 黑 (“black, dark”) + 髮 (“hair”)


금발

Sino-Korean word from 金髮, from 金 (“gold”) + 髮 (“hair”)


존맛

(neologism, slang, often vulgar) delicious, exquisite taste as fuck (positively)


사생팬

→ English: sasaeng, saseng

→ Japanese: サセン (sasen)

[sʰa̠sʰɛŋpʰɛn]

Blend of 사생활(私生活) (sasaenghwal, “private life”) + 팬 (paen, “fan”); i.e. a stalker fan.


속쓰림

속 (sok, “inside”) + 쓰리 (sseuri-) + ㅁ (-m).


어젯밤

[ʌ̹d͡ʑe̞t̚p͈a̠m]

[ʌ̹d͡ʑe̞p͈a̠m]

First attested in the Worin seokbo (月印釋譜 / 월인석보), 1459, as Middle Korean 어젯〮밤〮 (Yale: ècéy-s-pám). Equivalent to 어제 (eoje, “yesterday”) + ㅅ (-s-, genitive interfix) + 밤 (bam, “night”).

af

어젯밤에 난 네가 미워졌어
어젯밤에 난 네가 싫어졌어
eojetbam-e nan ne-ga miwojeosseo

1987, “^어젯밤 이야기 (Eojetbam iyagi) [Last Night Story]”, 박건호 (Bak Geonho) [Park Gun-ho] (lyrics), performed by 소방차 (^sobangcha)

Last night, I started disliking you;
Last night, I started hating you;


소행성

[ˈsʰo̞(ː)ɦɛŋsʰʌ̹ŋ]

[ˈsʰo̞(ː)ɦe̞ŋsʰʌ̹ŋ]


홍역

[ɸʷo̞ŋjʌ̹k̚]

Sino-Korean word from 紅疫, from 紅 (“red”) + 疫 (“epidemic”)


연락처

[jʌ̹ɭɭa̠k̚t͡ɕʰʌ̹]

Sino-Korean word from 連絡處, from 連絡 (“contact”) + 處 (“part”)


라이선스

[ɾa̠isʰʌ̹ns͈ɯ]


면책조항

myeonchaekjohang (romanization)
免責條項 (hanja)

[ˈmjɘ(ː)ɲt͡ɕʰɛk̚t͡ɕ͈o̞ɦa̠ŋ]

[ˈmjɘ(ː)ɲt͡ɕʰe̞k̚t͡ɕ͈o̞ɦa̠ŋ]


책가방

[t͡ɕʰɛk̚k͈a̠ba̠ŋ]

[t͡ɕʰe̞k̚k͈a̠ba̠ŋ]

책(冊) (chaek, “book”) + 가방 (gabang, “bag”)


월병

Jyutping (one of the many Cantonese romanization systems)


불닭

Of native Korean origin. 불 (bul, “fire, flame”) + 닭 (dak, “fowl, chicken”)

compound

buldak; a heavily spiced Korean, barbecued chicken dish


꽃미남

From 꽃 (kkot, “flower”) + 미남 (美男, minam, “handsome man”).

(neologism) kkonminam, bishonen, visually attractive man having somewhat androgynous aesthetic


건널목

Univerbation of 건널 (geonneol) + 목 (mok).


느끼하다

ko-adj

느끼하다 • (neukkihada) (infinitive 느끼해 or 느끼하여, sequential 느끼하니)

neukkihada (romanization)
느끼해 (infinitive)
느끼하여 (infinitive)
느끼하니 (sequential)
느끼하다 (formal indicative non-past)
느끼해 (indicative informal non-past)
느끼해요 (indicative informal non-past polite)
느끼합니다 (formal indicative non-past polite)
느끼했다 (formal indicative past)
느끼했어 (indicative informal past)
느끼했어요 (indicative informal past polite)
느끼했습니다 (formal indicative past polite)
느끼하냐 (formal interrogative non-past)
느끼해 (informal interrogative non-past)
느끼해요 (informal interrogative non-past polite)
느끼합니까 (formal interrogative non-past polite)
느끼했냐 (formal interrogative past)
느끼했어 (informal interrogative past)
느끼했어요 (informal interrogative past polite)
느끼했습니까 (formal interrogative past polite)
느끼하겠다 (assertive formal)
느끼하겠어 (assertive informal)
느끼하겠어요 (assertive informal polite)
느끼하겠습니다 (assertive formal polite)
느끼해 (causative formal)
느끼해서 (causative informal)
느끼하여서 (causative informal)
느끼하니 (causative informal polite)
느끼하니까 (causative formal polite)
느끼하지만 (contrastive formal)
느끼한데 (contrastive informal)
느끼하더니 (contrastive informal polite)
느끼하고 (conjunctive formal)
느끼하면 (conditional formal)
느끼해야 (conditional informal)
느끼하여야 (conditional informal)
느끼함 (formal noun-from-verb)
느끼하기 (informal noun-from-verb)
느끼했음 (formal noun-from-verb past)
느끼하였음 (formal noun-from-verb past)
느끼했기 (informal noun-from-verb past)
느끼하였기 (informal noun-from-verb past)
느끼한 (determiner informal present)
느끼할 (determiner future informal)
느끼하시다 (indicative non-past)
느끼하셔 (indicative informal non-past)
느끼하세요 (indicative non-past polite)
느끼하셔요 (indicative non-past polite)
느끼하십니다 (formal indicative non-past)
느끼하셨다 (indicative past)
느끼하셨어 (indicative informal past)
느끼하셨어요 (indicative past polite)
느끼하셨습니다 (formal indicative past)
느끼하시냐 (interrogative non-past)
느끼하셔 (informal interrogative non-past)
느끼하세요 (interrogative non-past polite)
느끼하셔요 (interrogative non-past polite)
느끼하십니까 (formal interrogative non-past)
느끼하셨냐 (interrogative past)
느끼하셨어 (informal interrogative past)
느끼하셨어요 (interrogative past polite)
느끼하셨습니까 (formal interrogative past)
느끼하시겠다 (assertive)
느끼하시겠어 (assertive informal)
느끼하시겠어요 (assertive polite)
느끼하시겠습니다 (assertive formal)
느끼하셔 (causative)
느끼하셔서 (causative informal)
느끼하시니 (causative polite)
느끼하시니까 (causative formal)
느끼하시지만 (contrastive)
느끼하신데 (contrastive informal)
느끼하시더니 (contrastive polite)
느끼하시고 (conjunctive)
느끼하시면 (conditional)
느끼하셔야 (conditional informal)
느끼하심 (noun-from-verb)
느끼하시기 (informal noun-from-verb)
느끼하셨음 (noun-from-verb past)
느끼하셨기 (informal noun-from-verb past)
느끼하신 (determiner informal present)
느끼하실 (determiner future informal)

느끼 (neukki) + 하다 (-hada, “to do”, light verb deriving adjectives).

af

to have a sick feeling in the stomach (after consuming greasy food)


눈싸움

Compound of 눈 (nun, “eye”) + 싸움 (ssaum, “fight”).

com+

staring contest (a game in which two people maintain eye contact for as long as possible)


눈싸움

Compound of 눈 (nun, “snow”) + 싸움 (ssaum, “fight”).


세르보크로아트어

[sʰe̞ɾɯbo̞kxɯɾo̞a̠tʰɯʌ̹]

세르보크로아트 (sereubokeuroateu, “Serbo-Croatia”) + 어(語) (-eo, “language”).


바지락

Manila clam, Tapes philippinarum (edible clams; often cooked with rice congees in Korea)


족발

[t͡ɕo̞k̚p͈a̠ɭ]


치킨

Borrowed from English chicken. Compare Japanese チキン (chikin).

fried chicken, especially Korean fried chicken


승

2의 5승

17의 2승

m의 n승
m-ui nseung
nth power of m

(mathematics) Counter for exponents in mathematical formulae.


소총

[ˈsʰo̞(ː)t͡ɕʰo̞ŋ]


활성탄

[ɸwa̠ɭs͈ʌ̹ŋtʰa̠n]

Sino-Korean word from 活性炭, from 活性 (“activated”) + 炭 (“carbon”).

ko-etym-sino

activated carbon
activated carbon#English


파라오

From English pharaoh; ultimately from Egyptian pr-ꜥꜣ (“palace, pharaoh”, literally “pr (“house”) + ꜥꜣ (“great, big”)”).


검정색

[kʌ̹md͡ʑʌ̹ŋsʰɛk̚]

[kʌ̹md͡ʑʌ̹ŋsʰe̞k̚]

검정 (geomjeong, “black”) + 색(色) (saek, “color”).

compound

검정색:


석관

Sino-Korean word from 石棺, from 石 (“stone”) + 棺 (“coffin”).


빨간색

[p͈a̠ɭɡa̠nsʰɛk̚]

빨간 (ppalgan, “red”, present determiner of 빨갛다 (ppalgata)) + 색(色) (saek).

compound

present determiner of <i class="Kore mention" lang="ko">빨갛다</i> (ppalgata)

빨간색은 피와 불과 비슷한 색깔을 말한다.

Red is a color similar to blood and fire.

ppalgansaegeun piwa bulgwa biseuthan saekkkareul malhanda.

빨간색:


반절

[ˈpa̠(ː)ɲd͡ʑʌ̹ɭ]


불알

Of native Korean origin. First attested in the Gugeupbang eonhae (救急方諺解 / 구급방언해), 1466, as Middle Korean 불앓 (Yale: pwul.alh).
Etymologically, 불 (bul, “testicle”) + 알 (al, “egg”).

ko-etym-native

불알친구

literally testicular friend, meaning friends since childhood.


모이

First attested in the Dongmun yuhae (同文類解 / 동문유해), 1748, as Early Modern Korean 몽이 (Yale: mwongi). Attested somewhat later in the eighteenth century as 모이 (moi). From reconstructed Middle Korean *모ᅀᅵ〮 (Yale: *mwòzí), from pre-Middle Korean *mwòsí. The majority of modern dialects still preserve the ancestral form 모시 (mosi).
While not directly attested in Middle Korean, the Middle Korean verb 모ᅀᅵ〮다〮 (Yale: mwòzí-tá, “to graze cattle”) is clearly related. The ancestral word appears to have meant "feed; fodder" in general, not specific either to cattle or poultry. The semantics narrowed to "feed for poultry" in most modern dialects, but to "cattle" in Middle Korean and also in the modern Yukjin dialect, where 모시 (mosi) means "fodder for cattle".

okm-inline

닭 모이


코헬렛

[kʰo̞ɦe̞ɭɭe̞t̚]


총대주교

chongdaejugyo (romanization)
總大主敎 (hanja)

[ˈt͡ɕʰo̞(ː)ŋdɛd͡ʑuɡjo]


가톨릭교회

가톨릭 (Gatollik, “Catholic”) + 교회(敎會) (gyohoe, “church”).


어휘소

어휘 (語彙, eohwi, “word”) + 소 (素, so, “element”)


미분몫

differential quotient
differential quotient


부정적분

bujeongjeokbun (romanization)
不定積分 (hanja)

[pud͡ʑʌ̹ŋd͡ʑʌ̹k̚p͈un]


중적분

[ˈt͡ɕu(ː)ŋd͡ʑʌ̹k̚p͈un]


정적분

[t͡ɕʌ̹ŋd͡ʑʌ̹k̚p͈un]


미분법

Sino-Korean word from 微分 (“differential”) + 法 (“method”), with compound/genitive tensing applied.

ko-etym-sino

differential calculus
differential calculus


차분법

Sino-Korean word from 差分法, with compound/genitive tensing applied.


유튜브

유튜브가 구글 매출의 10 퍼센트 정도를 차지했다고 한다.

YouTube accounted for about 10 percent of Google's sales.

Yutyubeu-ga gugeul maechur-ui sip peosenteu jeongdo-reul chajihaetdago handa.


집회서

[t͡ɕipʰø̞sʰʌ̹]


탈출기

[tʰa̠ʎt͡ɕʰuɭɡi]


사도행전

Sadohaengjeon (romanization)
使徒行傳 (hanja)

[ˈsʰa̠(ː)do̞ɦɛŋd͡ʑʌ̹n]

[ˈsʰa̠(ː)do̞ɦe̞ŋd͡ʑʌ̹n]

Acts of the Apostles
Acts of the Apostles

Acts of the Apostles (the name of the book of Acts in the Bible)


요한 묵시록

요한 (Yohan, “John”) + 묵시록 (muksirok, “apocalypse”)

compound

(Catholicism, Orthodoxy) Book of Revelation; The Apocalypse


마카베오기 상권

마카베오 (Makabe'o, “Maccabees”) + 기 (gi, “story”) + 상권 (sanggwon, “first book”)


사제

(Christianity) Catholic or Orthodox priest


추기경

[t͡ɕʰuɡiɡjʌ̹ŋ]


성체성사

seongcheseongsa (romanization)
聖體聖事 (hanja)

[ˈsʰɘ(ː)ŋt͡ɕʰe̞sʰʌ̹ŋsʰa̠]


천주

[t͡ɕʰʌ̹ɲd͡ʑu]

(chiefly Catholicism) the Lord of Heaven; God


성체

[ˈsʰɘ(ː)ŋt͡ɕʰe̞]

(Catholicism, Orthodoxy) Eucharist (substances)


천주교

[t͡ɕʰʌ̹ɲd͡ʑuɡjo]

Sino-Korean word from 天主敎, from 天主 (“the Lord of Heaven”) + 敎 (“religion”).


영성체

yeongseongche (romanization)
領聖體 (hanja)

[ˈjɘ(ː)ŋsʰʌ̹ŋt͡ɕʰe̞]


세계 총대주교

ko-noun

세계 총대주교 • (segye chongdaejugyo) (hanja 世界總大主敎)

segye chongdaejugyo (romanization)
世界總大主敎 (hanja)

[ˈsʰe̞(ː)ɡe̞ t͡ɕʰo̞(ː)ŋdɛd͡ʑuɡjo]

/세(ː)게총(ː)대주교/

Sino-Korean word from 世界 (“world”) + 總大主敎 (“patriarch”).

ko-etym-Sino

Ecumenical Patriarch
Ecumenical Patriarch


그리스도교

그리스도 (geuriseudo, “Christ”) + 교(敎) (-gyo, “religion”).


성부

(Christianity) God the Father, Holy Father


성하

[ˈsʰɘ(ː)ŋɦa̠]

교황 성하

Holy father, His Holiness, Your Holiness

(Catholicism) A term of respectful address for a pope.


성자

[ˈsʰɘ(ː)ŋd͡ʑa̠]

(Christianity) God the Son, Jesus Christ


성신

[ˈsʰɘ(ː)ŋɕʰin]

(archaic in Catholicism and Orthodoxy, still used in Traditionalist Catholicism) Holy Spirit; Holy Ghost


그리스도의 적

[kɯɾisʰɯdo̞ɰi t͡ɕʌ̹k̚]

[kɯɾisʰɯdo̞e̞ t͡ɕʌ̹k̚]

그리스도 (Geuriseudo, “Christ”) + 의 (-ui, genitive particle) + 적(敵) (jeok, “enemy”).

compound

(Christianity) antichrist (someone that works against the teachings of Christ)


지복직관

jibokjikgwan (romanization)
至福直觀 (hanja)


아테나

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Ἀθηνᾶ (Athēnâ).


우라누스

From Latin Ūranus, from Ancient Greek Οὐρανός (Ouranós), from οὐρανός (ouranós, “sky, heaven”).


아프로디테

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Ἀφροδίτη (Aphrodítē).


주교관

(Christianity) mitre (covering for the head worn by church dignitaries)


주님

From 주 (ju, “lord”) + —님 (-nim, honorific suffix).

com

(Christianity) The Lord, the God of Abraham and the Hebrew Tanakh; (Christianity) God the Father, Jesus Christ, Holy Spirit.


예수회

From 예수 (Yesu, “Jesus”) + 회 (hoe, “society”).


비잔티움

(history, Byzantine Empire) Byzantium (ancient Greek city situated on the Bosporus in modern Turkey, later called Constantinople; modern Istanbul)


성사

[ˈsʰɘ(ː)ŋsʰa̠]


라파엘

[ɾa̠pʰa̠e̞ɭ]


아브라함

Borrowed from Hebrew אַבְרָהָם (avrahám).


로마 제국

로마 (Roma, “Rome”) + 제국(帝國) (jeguk, “empire”).


신성 로마 제국

[ɕʰinsʰʌ̹ŋ ɾo̞ma̠ t͡ɕe̞(ː)ɡuk̚]

신성(神聖) (sinseong, “holiness”) + 로마 (Roma, “Rome”) + 제국(帝國) (jeguk, “empire”)


베드로

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Πέτρος (Pétros).


비잔티움 제국

비잔티움 (Bijantium, “Byzantine”) + 제국(帝國) (jeguk, “empire”).


야곱

Borrowed from Hebrew יעקב (ya'aqóbh; Modern: Yaakov).


구마

(Catholicism) to dispel demons; to exorcise; exorcism


다윗

Borrowed from Biblical Hebrew דּוד (Dāwîḏ).


바오로

바울로

Baullo, the Korean Orthodox Church, the Anglican Church of Korea


모세

Borrowed from Biblical Hebrew מֹשֶׁה (moshé).


노아

Ultimately from Hebrew נֹחַ (nóakh, nṓaḥ), via another language.


토마스

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Θωμᾶς (Thōmâs).


콘스탄티노폴리스

Byzantine Empire
Byzantine Empire#English

(history) Constantinople (the capital city of the Byzantine Empire, in modern Turkey, named after Constantine, Roman emperor)


임마누엘

Borrowed from Hebrew עִמָּנוּאֵל (imanu'él).


헤파이스토스

From Ancient Greek Ἥφαιστος (Hḗphaistos).


팔십

[pʰa̠ɭɕ͈ip̚]


하얀색

하얀 (hayan, present determiner of 하얗다 (hayata)) + 색(色) (saek).

present determiner of <i class="Kore mention" lang="ko">하얗다</i> (hayata)