Learn Useful Words, Furniture Names, and Mealtime Expressions in Korean!
If you’re learning Korean for everyday life, knowing how to talk about the dining room (์๋น / ๋ค์ด๋๋ฃธ) and mealtime activities is essential. This vocabulary is especially useful for families, home living, eating habits, and Korean table culture.
In this post, youโll learn over 70 important Korean words and phrases related to the dining room, table setting, furniture, and polite meal expressions used in Korea.
๐ What Is “Dining Room” in Korean?
| Korean | Pronunciation | English |
|---|---|---|
| ์๋น | sik-dang | Dining room / Restaurant (contextual) |
| ๋ค์ด๋๋ฃธ | da-i-ning-rum | Dining room (Konglish, more modern) |
| ๋ฐฅ์ | bap-ssang | Traditional low dining table |
๐ด Dining Room Furniture in Korean
| Korean | Pronunciation | English |
|---|---|---|
| ์ํ | sik-tak | Dining table |
| ์์ | ui-ja | Chair |
| ํ ์ด๋ธ๋ณด | te-i-beul-bo | Tablecloth |
| ์ํ ๋งคํธ | sik-tak mae-teu | Placemat |
| ์ ์ ์ ๋ฐ | jeop-si seon-ban | Dish rack |
| ์ฐฌ์ฅ | chan-jang | Cupboard / Dish cabinet |
| ์ ๋ฐ | seon-ban | Shelf |
| ์๋ฉ์ฅ | su-nap-jang | Storage cabinet |
| ์กฐ๋ช | jo-myeong | Lighting |
| ์ํ๋ฑ | sik-tak-deung | Dining table light |
๐ฝ๏ธ Tableware & Utensils in Korean
| Korean | Pronunciation | English |
|---|---|---|
| ์ ์ | jeop-si | Plate |
| ๊ทธ๋ฆ | geu-reut | Bowl |
| ์ปต | keop | Cup |
| ์ ๋ฆฌ์ | yu-ri-jan | Glass (cup) |
| ์๊ฐ๋ฝ | sut-ga-rak | Spoon |
| ์ ๊ฐ๋ฝ | jeot-ga-rak | Chopsticks |
| ํฌํฌ | po-keu | Fork |
| ๋์ดํ | na-i-peu | Knife |
| ์์ | su-jeo | Spoon & chopstick set |
| ๋ ํจ | naep-kin | Napkin |
| ์๊ธฐ | sik-gi | Tableware |
| ๋ฐ์นจ์ ์ | bat-chim-jeop-si | Saucer |
๐ฅข Korean Dining Culture Vocabulary
| Korean | Pronunciation | English |
|---|---|---|
| ๋ฐ์ฐฌ | ban-chan | Side dishes |
| ๋ฐฅ | bap | Cooked rice / Meal |
| ๊ตญ | guk | Soup |
| ์ฐ๊ฐ | jji-gae | Stew |
| ๊น์น | gim-chi | Kimchi |
| ์์ฐจ๋ฆผ | sang-cha-rim | Table setting |
| ์์ ์ฐจ๋ฆฌ๋ค | sang-eul cha-ri-da | To set the table |
| ์์ ์น์ฐ๋ค | sang-eul chi-u-da | To clear the table |
| ๋ฐฅ ๋จน๋ค | bap meok-da | To eat a meal |
| ์์ฌํ๋ค | sik-sa-ha-da | To have a meal (formal) |
๐ฃ๏ธ Common Korean Dining Room Expressions
| Korean | Pronunciation | English |
|---|---|---|
| ๋ฐฅ ๋จน์! | bap meok-ja! | Letโs eat! |
| ์์ฌํ์ธ์. | sik-sa-ha-se-yo. | Please have a meal. |
| ๋ค ๋จน์์ด์? | da meo-geo-sseo-yo? | Did you finish eating? |
| ๋ง์ด ๋์ธ์. | ma-ni deu-se-yo. | Enjoy your meal. (Honorific) |
| ์ ์ฐจ๋ฆด๊ฒ์. | sang cha-ril-ge-yo. | Iโll set the table. |
| ์ ์น์ ์ฃผ์ธ์. | sang chi-wo ju-se-yo. | Please clear the table. |
| ๋ง์๊ฒ ๋์ธ์! | ma-sit-ge deu-se-yo! | Bon appรฉtit! |
| ๋ฌผ ์ข ์ฃผ์ธ์. | mul jom ju-se-yo. | Please give me some water. |
| ์ด๊ฑฐ ๋ง์์ด์! | i-geo ma-sit-seo-yo! | This is delicious! |
๐ฅ Bonus Tips on Korean Mealtime Etiquette
- Always wait for elders to start eating first.
- Itโs polite to say ์ ๋จน๊ฒ ์ต๋๋ค (jal meok-get-seum-ni-da) before eating.
- Say ์ ๋จน์์ต๋๋ค (jal meo-geo-sseum-ni-da) after eating to show gratitude.
๐ฌ Practice Time!
Answer in the comments:
1๏ธโฃ Whatโs the Korean word for โnapkinโ?
2๏ธโฃ How do you say โLetโs eatโ in Korean?
3๏ธโฃ Whatโs the polite phrase to say before a meal?
๐ Want to Learn More?
โ๏ธ Bedroom in Korean
โ๏ธ Kitchen in Korean
โ๏ธ Living Room in Korean
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