🏥 Essential Korean Hospital Vocabulary & Useful Phrases for Medical Situations

If you’re in Korea and need medical help, knowing hospital-related Korean vocabulary can be a lifesaver! Whether you’re visiting a doctor, describing symptoms, or getting medicine at a pharmacy, these words and phrases will help you communicate in a medical setting.

In this post, you’ll learn:
✔️ Essential Korean hospital vocabulary (medical staff, hospital departments, common illnesses)
✔️ Useful Korean medical expressions
✔️ Common phrases for describing symptoms
✔️ How to ask for medicine at a pharmacy

Let’s get started! 🚑

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👨‍⚕️ Korean Hospital Vocabulary

🏨 Hospital & Medical Facilities

Korean	Pronunciation	English
병원	byeong-won	Hospital
응급실	eung-geup-sil	Emergency room (ER)
약국	yak-guk	Pharmacy
진료실	jin-ryo-sil	Doctor’s office
입원실	ip-won-sil	Inpatient room
외래진료	oe-rae-jin-ryo	Outpatient care
수술실	su-sul-sil	Operating room (OR)
검진 센터	geom-jin sen-teo	Check-up center
치과	chi-gwa	Dental clinic
한의원	han-ui-won	Korean medicine clinic (Oriental medicine)

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👩‍⚕️ Medical Staff in Korean

Korean	Pronunciation	English
의사	ui-sa	Doctor
간호사	gan-ho-sa	Nurse
약사	yak-sa	Pharmacist
수술 의사	su-sul ui-sa	Surgeon
내과 의사	nae-gwa ui-sa	Internal medicine doctor
소아과 의사	so-a-gwa ui-sa	Pediatrician
안과 의사	an-gwa ui-sa	Ophthalmologist (eye doctor)
피부과 의사	pi-bu-gwa ui-sa	Dermatologist
정신과 의사	jeong-sin-gwa ui-sa	Psychiatrist

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🤒 Common Symptoms & Illnesses in Korean

Korean	Pronunciation	English
감기	gam-gi	Cold
독감	dok-gam	Flu
열	yeol	Fever
두통	du-tong	Headache
복통	bok-tong	Stomachache
설사	seol-sa	Diarrhea
변비	byeon-bi	Constipation
기침	gi-chim	Cough
콧물	kon-mul	Runny nose
몸살	mom-sal	Body aches
알레르기	al-le-reu-gi	Allergy
천식	cheon-sik	Asthma
부상	bu-sang	Injury
골절	gol-jeol	Fracture

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🗣️ Useful Korean Medical Expressions & Phrases

🚑 Talking to a Doctor

🔹 어디가 아프세요? (Eo-di-ga a-peu-se-yo?)
➡️ Where does it hurt?

🔹 열이 나요. (Yeol-i na-yo.)
➡️ I have a fever.

🔹 두통이 심해요. (Du-tong-i sim-hae-yo.)
➡️ I have a severe headache.

🔹 배가 아파요. (Bae-ga a-pa-yo.)
➡️ My stomach hurts.

🔹 몸이 많이 아파요. (Mom-i man-i a-pa-yo.)
➡️ I feel very sick.

🔹 숨이 잘 안 쉬어져요. (Sum-i jal an swi-eo-jyeo-yo.)
➡️ I’m having trouble breathing.

🔹 어제부터 아팠어요. (Eo-je-bu-teo a-pat-seo-yo.)
➡️ I’ve been sick since yesterday.

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💊 Asking for Medicine at a Pharmacy

🔹 약을 주세요. (Yak-eul ju-se-yo.)
➡️ Please give me some medicine.

🔹 이 약은 어떻게 먹어요? (I yak-eun eo-tteo-ke meo-geo-yo?)
➡️ How do I take this medicine?

🔹 하루에 몇 번 먹어야 해요? (Ha-ru-e myeot beon meo-geo-ya hae-yo?)
➡️ How many times a day should I take this?

🔹 이 약의 부작용이 있나요? (I yak-ui bu-jak-yong-i in-na-yo?)
➡️ Does this medicine have any side effects?

🔹 감기약 있어요? (Gam-gi-yak is-seo-yo?)
➡️ Do you have cold medicine?

🔹 진통제가 필요해요. (Jin-tong-je-ga pi-ryo-hae-yo.)
➡️ I need a painkiller.

🔹 처방전이 있어야 하나요? (Cheo-bang-jeon-i is-seo-ya ha-na-yo?)
➡️ Do I need a prescription?

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🆘 Emergency Situations

🚨 If you need urgent help, use these phrases:

🔹 도와주세요! (Do-wa-ju-se-yo!)
➡️ Help me!

🔹 구급차를 불러 주세요. (Gu-geup-cha-reul bul-leo ju-se-yo.)
➡️ Please call an ambulance.

🔹 응급 상황이에요! (Eung-geup sang-hwang-i-e-yo!)
➡️ It’s an emergency!

🔹 쓰러졌어요! (Sseu-reo-jyeo-sseo-yo!)
➡️ Someone has collapsed!

🔹 피가 나요! (Pi-ga na-yo!)
➡️ I’m bleeding!

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🎯 Practice Time!

Test your knowledge by answering these questions in the comments:
1️⃣ How do you say “hospital” in Korean? 🏥
2️⃣ What’s the Korean word for “headache”? 🤕
3️⃣ How do you say “I need a painkiller” in Korean? 💊

Comment your answers below! 👇

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