40+ Must-Know Korean Words & Phrases for Chemistry Learners
Want to talk about atoms, reactions, and lab experiments in Korean? Whether you’re a student, science enthusiast, or preparing to study chemistry in Korea, mastering chemistry-related Korean vocabulary is a smart move!
In this guide, youโll find the most important Korean chemistry words and phrasesโcategorized for easy learning: lab tools, concepts, reactions, formulas, and more.
๐ฌ Basic Chemistry Terms in Korean
| Korean | Pronunciation | English |
|---|---|---|
| ํํ | hwa-hak | Chemistry |
| ๊ณผํ | gwa-hak | Science |
| ๋ฌผ์ง | mul-jil | Substance |
| ์ฑ๋ถ | seong-bun | Component |
| ์์ | won-so | Element |
| ์์ | won-ja | Atom |
| ๋ถ์ | bun-ja | Molecule |
| ํผํฉ๋ฌผ | hon-hap-mul | Mixture |
| ํํฉ๋ฌผ | hwa-hap-mul | Compound |
| ๋ฐ์ | ban-eung | Reaction |
โ๏ธ Chemistry Lab Tools & Materials
| Korean | Pronunciation | English |
|---|---|---|
| ์คํ์ค | sil-heom-sil | Laboratory |
| ์ํ๊ด | si-heom-gwan | Test tube |
| ๋น์ปค | bi-keo | Beaker |
| ํ๋ผ์คํฌ | peu-la-seu-keu | Flask |
| ์ผ๊ฐ ํ๋ผ์คํฌ | sam-gak peu-la-seu-keu | Erlenmeyer flask |
| ์ ๋ฆฌ ๋ง๋ | yu-ri mak-dae | Glass rod |
| ์คํฌ์ด๋ | seu-po-i-deu | Dropper |
| ๊น๋๊ธฐ | kkal-ttae-gi | Funnel |
| ์์ฝ์ฌ ๋จํ | al-ko-ol raem-peu | Alcohol lamp |
| ์ฅ๊ฐ | jang-gap | Gloves |
๐งซ Chemical Reactions & Concepts
| Korean | Pronunciation | English |
|---|---|---|
| ํํ ๋ฐ์ | hwa-hak ban-eung | Chemical reaction |
| ์ฐํ | san-hwa | Oxidation |
| ํ์ | hwan-won | Reduction |
| ์คํ ๋ฐ์ | jung-hwa ban-eung | Neutralization |
| ์ฉํด | yong-hae | Dissolution |
| ์นจ์ | chim-jeon | Precipitation |
| ์ฐ์ | yeon-so | Combustion |
| ๊ธฐ์ฒด | gi-che | Gas |
| ์ก์ฒด | aek-che | Liquid |
| ๊ณ ์ฒด | go-che | Solid |
๐ง Essential Chemistry Vocabulary & Terms
| Korean | Pronunciation | English |
|---|---|---|
| ์ฃผ๊ธฐ์จํ | ju-gi-yul-pyo | Periodic table |
| ์ด์จ | i-on | Ion |
| ์ ์ | jeon-ja | Electron |
| ์์ฑ์ | yang-seong-ja | Proton |
| ์ค์ฑ์ | jung-seong-ja | Neutron |
| ๋ชฐ | mol | Mole |
| ๋๋ | nong-do | Concentration |
| ์ฉ๋งค | yong-mae | Solvent |
| ์ฉ์ง | yong-jil | Solute |
| pH ์์น | pi-eich su-chi | pH level |
๐ฌ Common Chemistry-Related Expressions in Korean
| Korean | Pronunciation | English |
|---|---|---|
| ํํ ์์ ์ด ์ด๋ ค์์. | hwa-hak su-eop-i eo-ryeo-wo-yo | Chemistry class is difficult. |
| ์ด ๋ฌผ์ง์ ์ฐ์ฑ์ด์์. | i mul-jil-eun san-seong-i-e-yo | This substance is acidic. |
| ๋ฐ์์ด ์ผ์ด๋ฌ์ด์. | ban-eung-i il-eo-nat-seo-yo | A reaction occurred. |
| ์ด์จ์ด ์์ฑ๋์์ด์. | i-on-i saeng-seong-dwae-eot-seo-yo | Ions were formed. |
| ์คํ์ ์์ํฉ์๋ค. | sil-heom-eul si-jak-hap-si-da | Letโs start the experiment. |
| ์ฃผ๊ธฐ์จํ๋ฅผ ์ธ์์ผ ํด์. | ju-gi-yul-pyo-reul oe-wo-ya hae-yo | You need to memorize the periodic table. |
๐ Practice Time!
Challenge yourself with these review questions:
1๏ธโฃ Whatโs the Korean word for โelementโ?
2๏ธโฃ How do you say โacidicโ in Korean?
3๏ธโฃ What does “์ฐํ” mean in English?
Comment your answers below! โฌ๏ธ
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