850 Korean Basic Words Phrases with Audio

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100 Korean Basic Words Phrases with Audio

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English Korean Pronunciation
greet인사하다
love・to love・loves사랑하다
meet・meets・meet up만나다
right・fit맞다
It is blue.파랗다
It is red.빨갛다
go up올라가다
climb・ascend・mount오르다
bright밝다
open・open up・unclose열다
Shallow얕다
foot・departure・bamboo blind
play・hang around・hanging out놀다
Warm따뜻하다
head・hair・pate머리
new・be new새롭다
Here and there여기저기
hot덥다
thick두껍다
later나중
washing dishes・dishwashing・washing-up설거지
later이따가
rave날뛰다
Dangerous위험하다
fool・stupid・silly바보
sweet・weigh・lift달다
not really・not very much・not as much별로
ratio・rain・B
already・ahead of time・in advance미리
thank you・thankworthy・appreciate고맙다
have・consist・stand있다
walk걸어가다
walk・toddle・tramp걷다
safe안전하다
guide・marshal・conduct to안내하다
good!좋아요!
house・home・sheath
Breath cold숨이 차다
live・be more than ample・shack살다
韓国語
go・walk・travel가다
chair・chairs의자
busy바쁘다
hurry・hie・hurry up서두르다
pain・ach・aching아프다
to fry볶다
all day・all-day・all day long하루 종일
market・marketplace・mayor시장
most・the most・primacy제일
once・one-time・onetime한 번
hard・zestfully・ding-dong열심히
together・as if・same같이
together・coming together・together with함께
Come to다녀오다
always・ever after・opportunely언제나
always・evermore항상
always
country・countrysides・upcountry시골
dog・pooch・hound
now・yet・ground metal지금
livingroom・living room・sitting-room거실
meaning
entrance・adit입구
insert・let in넣다
various여러
celebrate・felicitate・congratulate on축하하다
internet인터넷
drink・drinks・beverages음료수
top・place・position
move・budge움직이다
lose・lose out・loses잃다
thin얇다
song・cantus・sing노래
hit・prune・belt치다
beautiful・beautifull・be beautiful아름답다
move옮기다
bowl・bowls・crockery그릇
have a watch・strap on wristwatch시계를 차다
bear태어나다
sea・briny바다
韓国語
envy부럽다
sell・barter away・tout팔다
noisy시끄럽다
happy・pleases・make glad기쁘다
nice to meet반갑다
driving운전
article・knight・chevalier기사
exercise・locomotion운동
running shoes・sneakers・sports shoes운동화
exercise・lobby・work out운동하다
drawing・painting・pic그림
movie・cinema・motion picture영화
station・inverse・role
choose・level off・opt고르다
select・pull out뽑다
party잔치
picnic・excursion・jaunt소풍
pencil・pencils・pencil in연필
delicious・good taste맛있다
not delicious맛없다
finish마치다
many많다
big・be big크다
size・proportions크기
money・dibs・greenbacks
wealthy・father and son・dives부자
customer손님
rise・worth・win up일어나다
put・superimpose・rank놓다
put・repose・park두다
put on・pillow올려놓다
send・pass away・refer보내다
send・fan・be beyond one's strength부치다
man・lad・johnny남자
young어리다
teach・inculcate가르치다
press down・weigh down누르다
late・belate・be late늦다
maybe・probably・presumedly아마
each other・one another・reciprocally서로
drop・plummet떨어지다
sound・voice・vox소리
adult・seniors・grown-up person어른
dance추다
Gosh아이고
surprised・marvel at・wonder at놀라다
full배부르다
I'm hungry배고파요
same・Snap!같다
fart・farted・farting방귀
brother오빠
beg・request・ask for부탁하다
good morning・Good evening!・Good day!안녕하세요
remember・remembers기억하다
store가게
heavy・be heavy・be grave무겁다
memory・recollections추억
it is interesting・have fun・be interesting재미있다
wisdom tooth・backtooth・wisdom teeth사랑니
swim헤엄치다
take off・pull down・disembark내리다
Games・Olympic올림픽
take off・pull down・disembark내리다
end・finish・cusp
finish・terminate끝나다
music음악
concert음악회
woman・womanhood・jill여자
Opening Ceremony개회식
conference・synod・scepticism회의
go out・out put・go out for외출하다
stairs・staircase계단
conversation・dialog・dialogue대화
buy・buy out・buy up사다
return・put back・revert돌아가다
change・switch over바꾸다
face・visage・phiz얼굴
wash・wash up세수하다
build・rime・indite짓다
price・pricing・cost price가격
value・wage・Q-value
mirror・looking glass・the mirror거울
get caught・get connected걸리다
feeling・persimmon・decrease
key・key in・keys열쇠
draw・paint・picture그리다
Student identification학생증
bet・wager・hang up걸다
umbrella・brolly・umbre우산
snack・confectionery・gateau과자
lend・farm out・lend to빌려주다
cold・winding-up・common cold감기
wind・length of an arm-span바람
earn벌다
count・be strong・enumerate세다
(家族の名称一覧)
shape모양
win・have the best of it이기다
semester・haggis학기
cool멋있다
It is not cool멋없다
sad・be sad슬프다
mourn・sorrow・grieve슬퍼하다
exactly・pat・all means
Milky Wall벽밀키
chew・masticate・chaw씹다
camera카메라
screen・the screen화면
go다니다
spicy맵다
karaoke노래방
glass・advantage・upkeep유리
(身体の部位一覧)
borrow빌리다
light가볍다
calendar・almanac・cullender달력
river・the river
cute・be cute귀엽다
dry・get dry마르다
instead・vicariousness대신
change변하다
think・thinking생각
think・bethink・deem생각하다
welcome환영하다
tourism관광
Korean・Korean language한국어
Hansan한산하다
patient・patients・aperient환자
thank・audit감사하다
feel느끼다
attention・interest・concern관심
to complete・finalize・clear off완성하다
touch・move about・impresses감동하다
Work hard힘내다
tree・wood・trees나무
It is yellow.노랗다
change갈아입다
term기간
listen・listen to・hark듣다
dirty더럽다
table・ticket・mark
No안되다
feeling・mood・frame of mind기분
choose・ordain・order정하다
decide・negotiate결정하다
cabbage・slaw・cabbages양배추
vacation・leave・holidays휴가
relieve・bail out・relieves구제하다
suddenly・abruptly갑자기
milk・cow's milk・cow milk우유
cucumber・cuke・oui오이
yesterday Today Tomorrow어제・오늘・내일
textbook・schoolbook・textbooks교과서
stadium・playing field・stadia경기장
event・user행사
classroom・classrooms・homeroom교실
professor・hanging・head professor교수
brother・sibling・brethren형제
street・distance・group of fifty거리
hate싫다
dislike・disrelish・abominate싫어하다
cut・mutilate・refuse flatly자르다
put on・don・pull on입다
pretty곱다
pretty예쁘다
Clean깨끗하다
be careful・beware・beware of조심하다
bank・ginkgo・banking house은행
nervous긴장하다
space・interspace공간
air・bean bag・ally공기
airport공항
about・medicine・drug
please.주세요.
hosiery・Socks・sock양말
hook
country・up-country나라
cloudy・hazy・make muddy흐리다
dark・become blear・be dim어둡다
come・cometh・come to오다
It is black.까맣다
cake・piece of cake・cakes케이크
plan・planning・project계획
experience・knowledge경험
police office・police station・police department경찰서
get hurt・be hurt・be injured다치다
theater・theatres・the theater극장
view경치
cosmetics・cosmetic・hermetics화장품
erase・overpower・block out지우다
turn off・quench・switch off끄다
cut깎다
salary・paycheck・paychecks월급
get married・marries・marry off결혼하다
kick・belt on차다
healthy건강하다
take a look・see the sight of구경하다
coffee・cafe커피
puppy・doggie・doggies강아지
park・operative・parkland공원
show・performances공연
lecture・riverine・riverain강의
advertising・blurb・advertence광고
Crossroad사거리
corporation・construction・public affairs공사
This이렇다
traffic・intercourse・transportation교통
voice・voices・voicing목소리
hometown・home town고향
domestic국내
mind・nous마음
answer・reply・answer for대답하다
parcel소포
curios・rattletrap・nick-nack골동품
cup・A cup・cupping
different・dif다르다
words・word・speech
child・little one・baby boy어린이
rice・bop・cooked rice
garbage・rubbish쓰레기
sorry미안해요
forward・in the future앞으로
scary무섭다
chip・breaking up・breaking-up깨지다
It is crowded혼잡하다
next・in the next place・to the next다음에
packing・pavement・storing up포장
Nowadays요즘
last・the last・last of마지막
wallet・billfold・note case지갑
find・look up・quest찾다
smoke・pull at・make open피우다
fish・Pisces・fishes물고기
fish생선
first・in the first instance먼저
Blossom피다
cherry blossom・cherry blossoms・cherry-blossom벚꽃
make someone do시키다
take picture촬영하다
earlier아까
magazine・mag・magazines잡지
roughly・passingly・chummily대충
sweet potato・sweet potatoes・hot potato고구마
lonely・loner・feel lonesome외롭다
cold・it's cool춥다
wake up・become sober깨다
back off・move away물러가다
leave・quit・flake off떠나다
chatter・make a noise떠들다
touch・touch down・touch upon만지다
attend・attender・attends참석하다
take a walk・go for a walk・have a walkover산책하다
Happy행복하다
exam・test・assay시험
accident・sago・happening사고
work・day・job
dictionary・lexicon・counterfeit money사전
earthquake・temblor・seism지진
myself・oneself・self-assurance자신
its sillent・keep quiet조용하다
bottom・as below아래
follow따르다
do not want to do it!하기 싫어!
close친하다
mistake・actual number・real income실수
ask a question・question질문하다
bicycle・pushbicycle자전거
downtown시내
for a bit・awhile・a while잠시
〇 〇 minutes when〇시〇분
citizen・citizenry・demos시민
office・of office사무실
potato・white potato・praties감자
city hall・town hall・seeing and hearing시청
photo・photograph사진
slightly・somewhat・a bit약간
shower・showers샤워
freedom・liberty・liberalism자유
habit・wont・praxis습관
Seupjaji습자지
Employment취직
got job취직하다
it is important・be important중요하다
class・taking lessons수업
homework・home work・home-work숙제
operate・operate on for수술하다
owner・host・landlord주인
Go to work출근
depart・get going출발하다
housewife・homemaker주부
hobby・hobbies취미
iron・ferreous・file
preparations・readiness・arrangements준비
prepare・prep・equip oneself준비하다
prize・phase・image
introduce・intros・referral소개
introduce・introduce yourself・introduce to소개하다
New Year설날
elementary school・primary school초등학교
form・accrue생기다
do well잘하다
use사용하다
novel・firkin・novelise소설
invite・invite to・invites초대하다
goods・merchandise・wares상품
strong튼튼하다
information・skinny・a piece of information정보
job・metier・work of life직업
have a meal・dine식사하다
table・cooktable・dining table식탁
restaurant・dining room・diner식당
rectal・rectum・duties직장
shopping쇼핑
inform・knell・announce알리다
material자료
know・understand・see알다
Whiten희다
believe・be sure of・depend upon믿다
kindness・kindliness・geniality친절
kind친절하다
key・rudder
worry・be afraid・care걱정하다
newspaper・accents신문
swimming・natation・sour sorrel수영
to swim・swam・swum수영하다
watermelon・water melon수박
slumbers・shut-eye
skirt・skirts치마
like・love좋아하다
pass by・go past지나다
soon・very soon금방
immediately・right about this place・sock바로
soon・right away・forthwith
little・be few・jot down적다
a little・little・few조금
stay・lead a life지내다
Cool시원하다
Be good선선하다
continue・continuation・continuance계속
already이미
abandon・forsake・dump버리다
stress스트레스
spoon・tablespoonful・spoons숟가락
All
pants・breeches바지
live・be more than ample・shack살다
do・have・give하다
to do・going to do・a thing to do할 일
sit・subside・perch앉다
character・personalities・traitress성격
life・subsistence생활
straighten out・make out정리하다
seat・constellation자리
cough・getting up・bedrop기침
soap・soapy・bar of soap비누
explicate・illustrate설명하다
narrow좁다
cicada・cicadas매미
take care・take care of・attend to돌보다
specialize전공하다
player・forestalling・players선수
not at all・absolutely・hollow전혀
wash・wash-up빨래
elder선배
Be good착하다
vacuum cleaner・cleaner청소기
sweep청소하다
Ok그래요
consult상담하다
raise・be raised키우다
cultivate・bring up・foster기르다
graduate・do a graduation졸업하다
sky・destiny・Olympus하늘
stop그만
then・so then그럼
competition・rally・congress대회
university・varsity・college of commerce대학
Korean Flag태극기
experience체험하다
radish・nothing・nothingness
embassy대사관
Off work퇴근
Okay괜찮다
title・subject line제목
typhoon태풍
Hard힘들다
fish bread붕어빵
towel・washcloth・towels수건
fall down・fall upon・tumble over넘어지다
high・be high・high on높다
expensive비싸다
increase・get high높아지다
know・embrace・lain안다
build・rime・indite짓다
a lot of・lots of・aplenty많이
confirm확인하다
pay・protrude・turn out내다
help도움
help돕다
to go look for찾아가다
ask・quaere・ask question물어보다
ask・bury・charge with묻다
just・just as・just as well그냥
hit・drub・meatball때리다
stand opposite each other맞서다
stand・be built・save one's honor서다
get up・rise to one's feet・stand up일어서다
Hair loss, hair removal탈모・제모
building・seminal fluid건물
set up・erect・prop up세우다
build・rime・indite짓다
fun・be pleasant・be amused즐겁다
enjoy・take pleasure in・enjoy oneself즐기다
tobacco・baccy담배
food・eating and drinking음식
eat・browse・pick먹다
egg・nit・ovum
egg계란
onion・onions양파
Banal반말
news・light eating・vegetable food소식
birthday・birthdate・birth date생일
small・be small작다
underground지하
close・be near・be close가깝다
no・is not아니다
near by근처
subway・metro・underground railroad지하철
power・might・potency
tardy・perception・tardiness지각
map지도
fried rice볶음밥
parking lot・car park・parking garage주차장
park주차하다
order・incantation・cantrip주문
make someone do시키다
Thanksgiving추석
Just right딱 좋아
directly・immediacy・in person직접
awhile・little while・just a minute잠깐
tissue휴지
Bank book통장
write・spend・write out쓰다
catch・seize・plot against잡다
tired・feel tired・get tired피곤하다
write쓰이다
Month, week, year주・달・년
month・moon・a kind of wild reed
desk・secretaire・writing desk책상
to make・work・model만들다
attach・light・paint붙이다
impart전하다
continue・search after・keep on계속하다
cheap・be inexpensive・enfold싸다
Not funny재미없다
cold차갑다
kick・belt on차다
The rainy season장마
strong강하다
fishing・catfishing・angling낚시
be accompanied데리다
offer・cater for제공하다
degree・plane정도
station정류장
letter・missive・letters편지
Can not do it못하다
exit・outlet・exiting출구
design・designs디자인
note・notebook・pocket book수첩
help도와주다
come out나오다
gloves・mittens・glove장갑
Pick up마중
break out・cut・Emanate나다
go out・go forth・let out나가다
launch・jump off나서다
weather・the weather날씨
cellphone전화기
make a phone call전화하다
Phone number・phone number전화번호
question・door・meaning of a passage문의
restroom・toilets・loo화장실
you're welcome・It's my pleasure.・my pleasure천만에요
what can I do어떡해
What about it어떡하다
Come・Come on어서
how어떻다
arrive・fly in・get to도착하다
animal・animals・critter동물
road・roadway・lost labor도로
far・be far・be distant멀다
pass・penetrate통과하다
time・occasion
sometimes・once in a while・now and then가끔
solve・uncoil・decipher풀다
especially・in particular・notably특히
especially특별히
clock・horologe시계
mountain climbing・mountaineering・chimb등산
age・summers・ages나이
library도서관
reel in감다
neighborhood・neighbor's・neighborhoods이웃
how much・how many얼마나
fly날다
stop그치다
friend・matey・crony친구
drama드라마
to cancel・unsay・scratch off취소하다
do the efforts・endeavor・endeavour노력하다
hew찍다
none・not to exist・be gone없다
contents・internal use・errand내용
fix・mend・cure고치다
better・surpass낫다
middle・amidst가운데
long・a long・be long길다
for a long time・for ages・in a long time오랫동안
long・long for오래
cry・baa・neigh울다
lose잃어버리다
run out없어지다
Miss you그립다
Stew찌개
name・forename・cognomen이름
tear・teardrop・melted snow눈물
learn・to learn・learn of배우다
become・be・come되다
make cry・resound・roar울리다
be used to・be skilled익숙하다
few days・several days・couple of days며칠
comport・become어울리다
smell・scent・nose냄새
acne・zit・comedo여드름
hold・clip・mure쥐다
flee・skip out・skedaddle달아나다
diary・daybook・single horseman일기
similar・be alike・similar to비슷하다
load
admission・inurement・hospitalization입원
admission・entrance into school・matriculation입학
resemble・take after닮다
take off・lay off・slip off벗다
want・beseech・petition원하다
hope・wish바라다
wave・onion・party
cat・pussycat・grimalkin고양이
sleepy・be drowsy・be sleepy졸리다
sleep・bed・kip자다
note・note book・notes노트
ability・competence・competency능력
leave・leave over남기다
left남다
gain늘다
drink・lush마시다
eat・browse・pick먹다
transfer갈아타다
ride・burn・board타다
parka・paca파카
party・parties파티
delivery・Korea・deliver배달
go in들어가다
come in들어오다
actor・playactor배우
postcard・post card엽서
take・pile on・be proud of재다
foil・gourd・clapper
put on신다
cabbage배추
museum・museums박물관
bridge・leg・pins다리
chopsticks・chop sticks・chopstick젓가락
start시작되다
first・inception・first place처음
start・levy・fall to시작하다
place・where・locale장소
run・barrel along달리다
run・pulsate・kick뛰다
bus・autobus버스
passport・women's right여권
field
cold쌀쌀하다
work・work over・to work일하다
pronunciation・pronouncing발음
discovery・find・finding발견
baseball stadium・pasture・ballpark야구장
announce・bring out발표하다
flower
talk・confide・make up a story이야기하다
say・talk over・mention말하다
Cherry blossoms꽃구경
snot・snot rag・snotter콧물
Florist꽃집
put on・become dirty・draw on끼다
fast빠르다
early・early enough・be early일찍
rose・roses장미
half・flattened sheet
number・numbers번호
handsome잘생기다
opposition・antagonism・contrariety반대
half・flattened sheet
bakery・bakehouse・bakeries빵집
fire・Buddha
year・harm・injury
low・be low낮다
airplane・crate・aeroplane비행기
long time no see오래간만
art gallery미술관
very무척
very무척
lef・left side・left-hand side왼쪽
surprise깜짝
move・two outs・house-moving이사
need・it is necessary・necessitate필요하다
severe・be extreme심하다
alone・sone・let alone혼자
year・month・day〇년〇월〇일
It is idle한가하다
department store・stores백화점
hospital・cause of illness・military personnel병원
bottle・disease・ailment
salon・beauty shop・beauty parlour미용실
open・become civilized・bear fruit열리다
wide넓다
spread펴다
Fighting!화이팅!
envelope・envelope bag봉투
circles동아리
dress・robe・togs
blow・toot・puff불다
Complex복잡하다
pocket・moneybag・pockets주머니
usually・drearily・the usual보통
ship・pear・double
Uncomfortable불편하다
increase・whack up・build an addition늘리다
present・present perfect・present oneself선물하다
atmosphere분위기
culture・cultism・cultures문화
weekday・weekdays평일
Separate별도
bed・bedside・doss침대
separately・severally따로따로
room・scullery・placard
reduce・relax줄이다
shrink줄다
reply답장
strange이상하다
ball・globe・duke
trade・trade in・trade-in무역
hat・cap・mother and son모자
broadcast방송
different・other・disparate다른
store보관하다
fit・be apt to・on point알맞다
almost・kind of・near upon거의
really・the real・real thing진짜
translation・translations번역
lose・fall・droop지다
oh yeah・really
It really seriously진짜 진지하게
in addition・again
yet・still・yeti아직
street거리
wrong・get turned・be wrong틀리다
do wrong・commit an error・misbehave잘못하다
mistake・faux pas・slip-up잘못
wait・wait on・wait out기다리다
upright・erect똑바로
festival・fiesta・gala축제
window・bay window창문
Be diligent부지런하다
protect・abide by지키다
brighten・burnish닦다
right・right side오른쪽
short짧다
show보이다
way
find・search out찾아내다
discover・espy・find발견하다
all・all in・all those모두
watch・keep an eye지켜보다
see・than・look at보다
greet맞이하다
a long ago・once・long ago옛날

it is difficult・be difficult

어렵다
free・gratis・complimentary무료
glasses・eyeglasses・spectacles안경
now이제
again・in the back・time again다시
heat wave폭염
sorry죄송합니다
purpose・destination・scouring rush목적
perhaps・by any chance혹시
hello・yello여보세요
take out・put out・unstick꺼내다
have갖다
hold・cost・take on years들다
hav・have-on가지다
take away가져가다
most・householder・feint가장
save・demand구하다
stuff・thingamabob・thingummy물건
door・gate
problem・question문제
baseball야구
bake・roast굽다
easy・be easy・be apt to쉽다
cheap・be inexpensive・enfold싸다
Vacation방학
rest・shoddily・put to rest쉬다
pharmacy・dispensary・drug store약국
wake up・become sober깨다
quit・call it a day・desist그만두다
soft부드럽다
post office우체국
Famous유명하다
floor・bottom・flooring바닥
eye・glimmers・burgeon
slowly・slow・going slow천천히
hook
dream・a dream・dreaminess
often・frequently・oft자주
well・great・satisfactorily
lay down・lie reclined・lie down눕다
expected・schedule・preordination예정
call부르다
read・read up・read through읽다
make a reservation예약하다
relaxation・margin・slackness여유
night・evening・chestnut
I am happy・glory・delight in기뻐하다
weak・be weak약하다
comfortable편하다
understand・pick out・see get이해하다
Study Abroad유학
trend・mode・traveling around유행
fee・charges・rates요금
receipt・receipts영수증
cook・dish up・to cook요리하다
travel・traveling・journey여행
apple・sponge gourd・apologia사과
refrigerator・fridge・frige냉장고
Cold noodles냉면
history・station building・construction work역사
Holidays연휴
practice・tune up・woodshed연습하다
communication・communications연락
young젊다
boil・simmer・boil away끓이다
I do not know・have no experience・not to understand모르다
share・parcel나누다
forget잊어버리다
forget・unlearn・take mind off잊다
to cross・overpass・row across건너다
laugh・to laugh웃다
funny웃기다
sale・discount・rebate할인
bad・be bad at・be in bad나쁘다
get worse・go bad나빠지다