The Korean word for “wedding” is ๊ฒฐํผ์ (gyeol-hon-sik).
If youโre attending a wedding in Korea, talking about marriage, or simply expanding your Korean vocabulary, learning these essential Korean wedding terms and phrases will be super helpful!
In this post, youโll learn important Korean words, expressions, and phrases related to weddings, marriage, and celebrations.
๐ Basic Korean Wedding Vocabulary
| Korean | Pronunciation | English |
|---|---|---|
| ๊ฒฐํผ | gyeol-hon | Marriage |
| ๊ฒฐํผ์ | gyeol-hon-sik | Wedding ceremony |
| ์ ๋ | sin-rang | Groom |
| ์ ๋ถ | sin-bu | Bride |
| ๋ถ๋ถ | bu-bu | Married couple |
| ์ฝํผ | yak-hon | Engagement |
| ์ฝํผ์ | yak-hon-ja | Fiancรฉ (male) |
| ์ฝํผ๋ | yak-hon-nyeo | Fiancรฉe (female) |
| ์ฒญ์ฒฉ์ฅ | cheong-cheop-jang | Wedding invitation |
| ์์์ฅ | ye-sik-jang | Wedding hall |
| ํผ๋ก์ฐ | pi-ro-yeon | Wedding reception |
| ์ฃผ๋ก | ju-rye | Officiant |
| ํ๊ฐ | ha-gaek | Guest |
| ์ถ์๊ธ | chuk-ui-geum | Wedding gift money |
| ์จ๋ฉ๋๋ ์ค | we-ding-deu-re-seu | Wedding dress |
| ํฑ์๋ | teok-si-do | Tuxedo |
| ๋ฐ์ง | ban-ji | Ring |
| ์ ํผ์ฌํ | sin-hon-yeo-haeng | Honeymoon |
| ๋ถ์ผ | bu-ke | Bouquet |
๐ Korean Wedding Ceremony-Related Vocabulary
| Korean | Pronunciation | English |
|---|---|---|
| ์ ํตํผ๋ก | jeon-tong-hon-rye | Traditional Korean wedding |
| ํ๋ฐฑ | pye-baek | Traditional bowing ceremony to parents |
| ํผ์ธ ์ ๊ณ | hon-in sin-go | Marriage registration |
| ์ฃผ๋ก์ฌ | ju-rye-sa | Wedding address (speech) |
| ํผ์ | hon-su | Wedding gifts between families |
| ์๊ฒฌ๋ก | sang-gyeon-rye | Formal meeting between both families |
| ์๋ฌผ | ye-mul | Wedding presents (like jewelry) |
| ๋๋ ์ค ์ฝ๋ | deu-re-seu ko-deu | Dress code |
๐ฃ๏ธ Useful Korean Wedding Phrases
| Korean | Pronunciation | English |
|---|---|---|
| ๊ฒฐํผ์ ์ถํํฉ๋๋ค! | gyeol-hon-eul chuk-ha-ham-ni-da! | Congratulations on your marriage! |
| ํ๋ณตํ๊ฒ ์ฌ์ธ์. | haeng-bok-ha-ge sa-se-yo. | Wishing you a happy life together. |
| ์ฒญ์ฒฉ์ฅ์ ๋ฐ์์ด์. | cheong-cheop-jang-eul bat-ass-eo-yo. | I received a wedding invitation. |
| ์ธ์ ๊ฒฐํผํด์? | eon-je gyeol-hon-hae-yo? | When are you getting married? |
| ๋๊ตฌ๋ ๊ฒฐํผํด์? | nu-gu-rang gyeol-hon-hae-yo? | Who are you marrying? |
| ๊ฒฐํผ์์ ์ฐธ์ํ ๊ฒ์. | gyeol-hon-sik-e cham-seok-hal-ge-yo. | I will attend the wedding. |
| ์ถ์๊ธ์ ์ด๋์ ๋ด์ผ ํด์? | chuk-ui-geum-eul eo-di-e nae-ya hae-yo? | Where do I give the gift money? |
| ์ ํผ์ฌํ ์ด๋๋ก ๊ฐ์? | sin-hon-yeo-haeng eo-di-ro ga-yo? | Where are you going for your honeymoon? |
| ์์์ฅ ์์น๊ฐ ์ด๋์์? | ye-sik-jang wi-chi-ga eo-di-ye-yo? | Where is the wedding hall located? |
| ๋ถ์ผ๋ฅผ ๋ฐ์์ด์! | bu-ke-reul bat-ass-eo-yo! | I caught the bouquet! |
๐ Important Wedding Customs in Korea
Korean weddings often blend traditional rituals and modern ceremonies:
- ์ถ์๊ธ (chuk-ui-geum): Instead of gifts, guests usually give cash in a white envelope.
- ํ๋ฐฑ (pye-baek): After the wedding, newlyweds bow to their parents and receive advice and blessings.
- ํ๋ณต (han-bok): Some couples wear traditional Korean clothes for part of the ceremony or photo session.
- ์ ํผ์ง (sin-hon-jip): A newlywed home is often prepared before or after the marriage.
๐ฏ Practice Time!
Answer in the comments!
1๏ธโฃ How do you say “wedding ceremony” in Korean?
2๏ธโฃ What does ์ ํผ์ฌํ mean?
3๏ธโฃ How do you congratulate someone on their marriage in Korean?
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