๐ก Why Learn Home-Related Vocabulary?
Your home is where you spend most of your time, so learning Korean words for household items will help you describe your surroundings, talk about daily life, and even shop for home essentials in Korea! Whether you’re talking about rooms, furniture, or appliances, this vocabulary list will make it easier.
Letโs explore Korean home-related words! ๐ โจ
๐ Rooms in the House
| Korean | Pronunciation | English |
|---|---|---|
| ์ง | jip | House, home |
| ์ํํธ | a-pa-teu | Apartment |
| ๋ฐฉ | bang | Room |
| ๊ฑฐ์ค | geo-sil | Living room |
| ์ฃผ๋ฐฉ / ๋ถ์ | ju-bang / bu-eok | Kitchen |
| ์์ค / ํ์ฅ์ค | yok-sil / hwa-jang-sil | Bathroom |
| ์นจ์ค | chim-sil | Bedroom |
| ์์ฌ | seo-jae | Study, home office |
| ๋ค๋ฝ๋ฐฉ | da-rak-bang | Attic |
| ์งํ์ค | ji-ha-sil | Basement |
๐๏ธ Furniture & Decorations
| Korean | Pronunciation | English |
|---|---|---|
| ์ํ | so-pa | Sofa |
| ํ์ / ํ ์ด๋ธ | tak-ja / te-i-beul | Table |
| ์์ | ui-ja | Chair |
| ์นจ๋ | chim-dae | Bed |
| ์ท์ฅ | ot-jang | Closet, wardrobe |
| ์ฑ ์ฅ | chaek-jang | Bookshelf |
| ๊ฑฐ์ธ | geo-ul | Mirror |
| ์ปคํผ | keo-teun | Curtains |
| ์นดํซ / ๋ฌ๊ทธ | ka-pet / reo-geu | Carpet, rug |
๐ณ Kitchen & Dining Items
| Korean | Pronunciation | English |
|---|---|---|
| ๋์ฅ๊ณ | naeng-jang-go | Refrigerator |
| ์ค๋ธ | o-beun | Oven |
| ์ ์๋ ์ธ์ง | jeon-ja-re-in-ji | Microwave |
| ์ํ | sik-tak | Dining table |
| ๊ทธ๋ฆ | geu-reut | Bowl |
| ์ ์ | jeop-si | Plate |
| ์ปต | keop | Cup |
| ์ ๊ฐ๋ฝ | jeot-ga-rak | Chopsticks |
| ์๊ฐ๋ฝ | sut-ga-rak | Spoon |
| ํฌํฌ | po-keu | Fork |
| ์นผ | kal | Knife |
๐๏ธ Bedroom Essentials
| Korean | Pronunciation | English |
|---|---|---|
| ์ด๋ถ | i-bul | Blanket |
| ๋ฒ ๊ฐ | be-gae | Pillow |
| ์ํธ | si-teu | Bed sheet |
| ๋งคํธ๋ฆฌ์ค | mae-teu-ri-seu | Mattress |
| ์๋์ฅ | seo-rap-jang | Dresser, drawers |
| ์คํ ๋ | seu-taen-deu | Bedside lamp |
๐ฝ Bathroom & Laundry Items
| Korean | Pronunciation | English |
|---|---|---|
| ์ธ๋ฉด๋ | se-myeon-dae | Sink |
| ์ค์๊ธฐ | sya-wo-gi | Showerhead |
| ๋ณ๊ธฐ | byeon-gi | Toilet |
| ์๊ฑด | su-geon | Towel |
| ๋น๋ | bi-nu | Soap |
| ์นซ์ | chit-sol | Toothbrush |
| ์น์ฝ | chi-yak | Toothpaste |
| ์ดํธ | syam-pu | Shampoo |
| ์ธํ๊ธฐ | se-tak-gi | Washing machine |
| ๊ฑด์กฐ๊ธฐ | geon-jo-gi | Dryer |
| ๋นจ๋ | bbal-lae | Laundry |
๐ก Electronics & Appliances
| Korean | Pronunciation | English |
|---|---|---|
| ํ ๋ ๋น์ (TV) | tel-le-bi-jeon | Television |
| ๋ฆฌ๋ชจ์ปจ | ri-mo-keon | Remote control |
| ์ปดํจํฐ | keom-pyu-teo | Computer |
| ๋ ธํธ๋ถ | no-teu-buk | Laptop |
| ์คํผ์ปค | seu-pi-keo | Speaker |
| ์ ํ๊ธฐ | jeon-hwa-gi | Telephone |
| ์ ํ๊ธฐ | seon-pung-gi | Electric fan |
| ์์ด์ปจ | e-eo-keon | Air conditioner |
| ๋๋ก | nan-ro | Heater |
| ์ฒญ์๊ธฐ | cheong-so-gi | Vacuum cleaner |
๐ฃ๏ธ Example Sentences
๐ฃ๏ธ “Where is the bathroom?”
โก๏ธ ํ์ฅ์ค์ด ์ด๋์์? (hwa-jang-sil-i eo-di-ye-yo?)
๐ฃ๏ธ “I need a blanket.”
โก๏ธ ์ด๋ถ์ด ํ์ํด์. (i-bul-i pi-ryo-hae-yo.)
๐ฃ๏ธ “Please turn off the air conditioner.”
โก๏ธ ์์ด์ปจ์ ๊บผ ์ฃผ์ธ์. (e-eo-keon-eul kkeo ju-se-yo.)
๐ฏ Challenge Yourself!
1๏ธโฃ How do you say “I am doing laundry” in Korean? ๐งบ
2๏ธโฃ What is the Korean word for “microwave”? ๐ฝ๏ธ
3๏ธโฃ Translate: “I sleep in my bedroom.” ๐๏ธ
๐ Want to Learn More?
๐น Family in Korean ๐
๐น Food in Korean ๐
๐น Country names in Korean ๐
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