๐ Why Learn Food Names in Korean?
Food is a huge part of Korean culture! Whether you’re ordering at a restaurant, cooking Korean dishes, or watching K-dramas, knowing Korean food vocabulary will make your experience much better.
Letโs explore essential food words in Korean! ๐๐ฅ
๐ฅ Common Food Words
| Korean | Pronunciation | English |
|---|---|---|
| ์์ | eum-sik | Food |
| ์ฌ๋ฃ | jae-ryo | Ingredients |
| ์๋ฆฌ | yo-ri | Cooking, dish |
| ๋ฐฅ | bap | Rice, meal |
| ๊ตญ / ์ํ | guk / su-peu | Soup |
| ๋ฐ์ฐฌ | ban-chan | Side dish |
| ๊ณ ๊ธฐ | go-gi | Meat |
| ํด์ฐ๋ฌผ | hae-san-mul | Seafood |
| ๊ณผ์ผ | gwa-il | Fruit |
| ์ฑ์ / ์ผ์ฑ | chae-so / ya-chae | Vegetables |
| ์๋ฃ | eum-ryo | Beverage |
| ๊ฐ์ | gan-sik | Snack |
๐ Korean Dishes You Must Know
| Korean | Pronunciation | English |
|---|---|---|
| ๊น์น | gim-chi | Kimchi (Fermented spicy cabbage) |
| ๋น๋น๋ฐฅ | bi-bim-bap | Bibimbap (Mixed rice with vegetables) |
| ๋ถ๊ณ ๊ธฐ | bul-go-gi | Bulgogi (Marinated BBQ beef) |
| ์ผ๊ฒน์ด | sam-gyeop-sal | Grilled pork belly |
| ๊ฐ๋น | gal-bi | Korean-style ribs |
| ๋ก๋ณถ์ด | tteok-bok-ki | Spicy rice cakes |
| ๋ผ๋ฉด | ra-myeon | Ramen (Instant noodles) |
| ์ก์ฑ | jap-chae | Stir-fried glass noodles |
| ๊น๋ฐฅ | gim-bap | Korean rice rolls |
| ๋์ฅ์ฐ๊ฐ | doen-jang-jji-gae | Soybean paste stew |
| ์๋๋ถ์ฐ๊ฐ | sun-du-bu-jji-gae | Soft tofu stew |
| ์ผ๊ณํ | sam-gye-tang | Ginseng chicken soup |
๐ฅฉ Meat & Seafood
| Korean | Pronunciation | English |
|---|---|---|
| ์๊ณ ๊ธฐ | so-go-gi | Beef |
| ๋ผ์ง๊ณ ๊ธฐ | dwae-ji-go-gi | Pork |
| ๋ญ๊ณ ๊ธฐ | dak-go-gi | Chicken |
| ์๊ณ ๊ธฐ | yang-go-gi | Lamb |
| ์์ | saeng-seon | Fish |
| ์์ฐ | sae-u | Shrimp |
| ์ค์ง์ด | o-jing-eo | Squid |
| ๊ฒ | ge | Crab |
| ์กฐ๊ฐ | jo-gae | Clam, shellfish |
๐ Fruits & Vegetables
| Korean | Pronunciation | English |
|---|---|---|
| ์ฌ๊ณผ | sa-gwa | Apple |
| ๋ฐ๋๋ | ba-na-na | Banana |
| ๋ธ๊ธฐ | ttal-gi | Strawberry |
| ํฌ๋ | po-do | Grape |
| ์๋ฐ | su-bak | Watermelon |
| ์ค๋ ์ง | o-ren-ji | Orange |
| ๋น๊ทผ | dang-geun | Carrot |
| ๊ฐ์ | gam-ja | Potato |
| ์ํ | yang-pa | Onion |
| ๋ฐฐ์ถ | bae-chu | Napa cabbage |
โ Drinks
| Korean | Pronunciation | English |
|---|---|---|
| ๋ฌผ | mul | Water |
| ์ปคํผ | keo-pi | Coffee |
| ์ฐจ | cha | Tea |
| ์ฃผ์ค | ju-seu | Juice |
| ์ฐ์ | u-yu | Milk |
| ๋งฅ์ฃผ | maek-ju | Beer |
| ์์ฃผ | so-ju | Soju (Korean alcohol) |
| ๋ง๊ฑธ๋ฆฌ | mak-geol-li | Makgeolli (Rice wine) |
๐ฝ๏ธ Example Sentences
๐ฃ๏ธ “Do you like Korean food?”
โก๏ธ ํ๊ตญ ์์์ ์ข์ํด์? (han-guk eum-sik-eul jo-a-hae-yo?)
๐ฃ๏ธ “Can I get some kimchi, please?”
โก๏ธ ๊น์น ์ข ์ฃผ์ธ์. (gim-chi jom ju-se-yo.)
๐ฃ๏ธ “I want to eat bulgogi today.”
โก๏ธ ์ค๋ ๋ถ๊ณ ๊ธฐ๋ฅผ ๋จน๊ณ ์ถ์ด์. (o-neul bul-go-gi-reul meok-go si-peo-yo.)
๐ฏ Challenge Yourself!
1๏ธโฃ How do you say “strawberry” in Korean? ๐
2๏ธโฃ What is the Korean word for “beer”? ๐บ
3๏ธโฃ Translate: “I want to drink coffee.” โ
๐ Want to Learn More?
๐น Country Names in Korean! ๐ฐ๐ท๐
๐น Colors in Korean ๐จ
๐น Clothes in Korean ๐
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