Are you interested in Korean rural culture, agriculture, or farming life in Korea?
Whether you’re visiting the countryside, working on a farm, or watching Korean shows with farming scenes, this guide will help you learn the most important Korean farming vocabulary and expressions.
From crops and equipment to daily tasks and common phrases, hereโs everything you need to speak about farming in Korean with confidence!
๐ Basic Korean Farming Vocabulary
| Korean | Pronunciation | English |
|---|---|---|
| ๋์ฅ | nong-jang | Farm |
| ๋๋ถ | nong-bu | Farmer |
| ๋์ | nong-eop | Agriculture |
| ๋์ฌ | nong-sa | Farming |
| ์๊ณจ | si-gol | Countryside |
| ๋ฐญ | bat | Field (for crops) |
| ๋ ผ | non | Rice paddy |
| ๊ฒฝ์์ง | gyeong-jak-ji | Farmland |
| ๋์ด | nong-chon | Farming village |
| ๋์๋ฌผ | nong-jak-mul | Crops |
| ์ํ | su-hwak | Harvest |
๐ฑ Common Crops & Livestock in Korean
| Korean | Pronunciation | English |
|---|---|---|
| ์ | ssal | Uncooked rice |
| ๋ฒผ | byeo | Rice plant |
| ๋ณด๋ฆฌ | bo-ri | Barley |
| ๋ฐ | mil | Wheat |
| ์ฅ์์ | ok-su-su | Corn |
| ๊ฐ์ | gam-ja | Potato |
| ๊ณ ๊ตฌ๋ง | go-gu-ma | Sweet potato |
| ๋ฐฐ์ถ | bae-chu | Napa cabbage |
| ๋ฌด | mu | Radish |
| ํ ๋งํ | to-ma-to | Tomato |
| ์ํ | yang-pa | Onion |
| ๋ญ | dak | Chicken |
| ๋ผ์ง | dwae-ji | Pig |
| ์ | so | Cow |
| ์ผ์ | yeom-so | Goat |
๐งโ๐พ Farming Tools & Equipment in Korean
| Korean | Pronunciation | English |
|---|---|---|
| ์ฝ | sap | Shovel |
| ๊ดญ์ด | gwaeng-i | Hoe |
| ๋ซ | nat | Sickle |
| ํธ๋ํฐ | teu-raek-teo | Tractor |
| ๊ฒฝ์ด๊ธฐ | gyeong-un-gi | Cultivator |
| ๋๊ธฐ๊ตฌ | nong-gi-gu | Farm tools |
| ๋น๋ฃ | bi-ryo | Fertilizer |
| ๋์ฝ | nong-yak | Pesticide |
| ๋ฌผ๋ฟ๋ฆฌ๊ฐ | mul-ppu-ri-gae | Watering can |
| ํธ์ค | ho-seu | Hose |
| ํฌ๋ | po-dae | Sack / Bag (for crops) |
๐งบ Common Farming Verbs & Expressions
| Korean | Pronunciation | English |
|---|---|---|
| ์จ๋ฅผ ๋ฟ๋ฆฌ๋ค | ssi-reul ppu-ri-da | To plant seeds |
| ๋์ฌ๋ฅผ ์ง๋ค | nong-sa-reul jit-da | To farm |
| ๋ฐญ์ ๊ฐ๋ค | bat-eul gal-da | To plow the field |
| ๋ฌผ์ ์ฃผ๋ค | mul-eul ju-da | To water (plants) |
| ๋น๋ฃ๋ฅผ ์ฃผ๋ค | bi-ryo-reul ju-da | To fertilize |
| ์ก์ด๋ฅผ ๋ฝ๋ค | jap-cho-reul ppob-da | To pull weeds |
| ์ํํ๋ค | su-hwak-ha-da | To harvest |
| ์ํ์ด ์ข๋ค | su-hwak-i jo-ta | Good harvest |
| ๋๊ธฐ๊ตฌ๋ฅผ ์ฌ์ฉํ๋ค | nong-gi-gu-reul sa-yong-ha-da | To use farming tools |
๐ฌ Useful Korean Phrases for Farming Contexts
| Korean | Pronunciation | English |
|---|---|---|
| ์ค๋์ ๋ฐญ์์ ์ผํ์ด์. | o-neul-eun bat-e-seo il-hae-sseo-yo | I worked in the field today. |
| ์ํ์ฒ ์ด์์. | su-hwak-cheol-i-e-yo | Itโs harvest season. |
| ๋์ด์์ ์ด๊ณ ์ถ์ด์. | nong-chon-e-seo sal-go sip-eo-yo | I want to live in the countryside. |
| ์ด ์๋ฌผ์ ์ ์๋ผ๊ณ ์์ด์. | i jak-mul-eun jal ja-ra-go i-sseo-yo | These crops are growing well. |
| ์ก์ด๊ฐ ๋๋ฌด ๋ง์์. | jap-cho-ga neo-mu man-a-yo | There are too many weeds. |
| ๋์ฌ์ผ์ ํ๋ค์ง๋ง ๋ณด๋ ์์ด์. | nong-sa-il-eun him-deul-ji-man bo-ram i-sseo-yo | Farming is hard, but rewarding. |
๐พ Practice Time!
1๏ธโฃ What is the Korean word for “tractor”?
2๏ธโฃ How do you say โto harvestโ in Korean?
3๏ธโฃ Translate: โThere are chickens and pigs on the farm.โ
Answer in the comments and test your farm vocab! ๐๐ฝ
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