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First words: what children learn to say first

201 words, in teaching order

Words 101–200
시계
a clock, a watch, a timepiece; city boundary; visible range, field of vision
Noun
가위
scissors; nightmare experienced during sleep paralysis (traditionally linked to paranormal phenomena); synonym of 추석(秋夕) (chuseok, “Mid-Autumn Festival”)
Noun
자기
oneself; the self; the ego; baby, honey (commonly as vocative 자기야); magnetism
Noun
이름
name; full name; given name (in opposition to a surname); name, justification; good name, fame, reputation; username
Noun
숟가락
spoon (eating utensil)
Noun
이
two; one-hundredth, 10⁻²
Numeric
이빨
tooth
Noun
방
room; notice (written to the public); list of successful candidates; the right-hand component of a Chinese character; fishing using a dragnet
Noun
빨리
quickly, without delay; often used when urging someone to hurry
Adverb
빠르다
to be fast, quick, soon, early
Adjective
빗
comb (toothed or serrated)
Noun
목
neck; head (especially when severed from the body); throat; gullet; item; class
Noun
팬티
briefs, underpants, panties, knickers, boxers, shorts
Noun
냉장고
refrigerator
Noun
춥다
(to be) cold
Adjective
더
more, -er (to a greater extent)
Adverb
침대
bed (furniture)
Noun
집
home, house; household; sheath, case
Noun
얼굴
face; visage
Noun
예쁘다
to be pretty, lovely, beautiful, comely; to be adorable; to be nice, good
Adjective
우산
umbrella
Noun
돈
money; a don, a Korean unit of weight equivalent to about 4 g
Noun
칼
knife, sword; cangue
Noun
끄다
to extinguish; to douse a fire or light; to turn off the electricity
Verb
닭
chicken; specifically the domestic chicken, Gallus gallus, sometimes Gallus gallus domesticus.
Noun
빨다
to sip, to suck; to fellate; to wash (clothes), to launder
Verb
씻다
to wash clean
Verb
더럽다
to be dirty
Adjective
팔
arm
Noun
치즈
cheese
Noun
무섭다
to be worried, scared or afraid of something; to be worrisome or fearsome, frightening, scary
Adjective
개구리
frog
Noun
별
a star (celestial body); star (shape); a star symbol; a luminary, a leading light; The Star (Tarot card)
Noun
악어
crocodilian (crocodile, alligator, gavial)
Noun
일어나다
to arise, get up; to wake up; to occur; to happen
Verb
일어서다
To stand up.; To take place; to arise.
Verb
오빠
elder brother of a female; somewhat older male
Noun
닦다
to polish; to wipe; to clean; to brush; to level; to cultivate, train, practice; to undergo spiritual training
Verb
초콜릿
chocolate
Noun
하마
hippopotamus
Noun
콩
soybean; beans and legumes in general.
Noun
단추
button (a knob or small disc serving as a fastener); button (a mechanical device meant to be pressed with a finger)
Noun
놀다
to play, to hang out; to frolic, to move about gaily; (of a person or institution) to not work (e.g. due to vacation or unemployment); (of an object) to be unused or out of operation; to behave delinquently or indecently; Used to refer vaguely to any action, typically with a sarcastic, disparaging connotation.; to move without difficulty; to hold (a performance or similar event); to use in gambling or a game of luck
Verb
고추
The chili pepper, often specifically the Korean chili pepper, a variety of Capsicum annuum.; willy, wee-wee, penis
Noun
열쇠
key; means
Noun
불
fire; flame; fire (as a disaster); light; genitalia; testicle
Noun
달
moon; the Moon; month; The Moon (Tarot card); the common reed (Phragmites communis); fire; match
Noun
눕다
to lie down (on the back)
Verb
열다
to open; to hold (an event, meeting, etc.); to ripen
Verb
종이
paper
Noun
꺼내다
to pull something out
Verb
빼다
to pull, to remove, to take out; to subtract; to lose weight; to resemble
Verb
선생님
teacher; sir, mister, Ms (polite term of address for an elder male or female)
Noun
울다
to cry; to weep
Verb
입다
to wear, to put on (clothes); to suffer, to sustain (harm, losses, etc.); to enjoy, to receive (a favour)
Verb
장갑
glove; plate armor; vehicle armor
Noun
벗다
to take off or remove something from oneself
Verb
무엇
what - used in questions; something, anything
Pronoun
뭐
contraction of 무어 (mueo): (interrogative) what
Pronoun
삼촌
uncle; male sibling of a parent
Noun
햇빛
sunlight, sunshine
Noun
치다
to hit, to beat, to strike, to slap, to pound; to strike, to attack (an enemy country or location); (of a clock) to strike (an hour); to run over (with a vehicle); to forge (e.g. a sword or sickle); to play (cards, drums, piano, guitar, keyboard, or certain sports involving hitting a ball (see usage notes)); to blow/pour/snow; to form (usually on plants); to strike; (of thunder) to thunder; to form; …
Verb
닫다
to close, to shut; to close, to close down, to shut down; to shut (one's mouth); to run, to rush
Verb
맛있다
delicious, tasty, something that tastes good; attractive, appealing, desirable; physically and/or sexually attractive, hot.
Adjective
놀이터
playground
Noun
친구
friend; fellow, chap, guy
Noun
읽다
to read
Verb
쌀
uncooked rice; white hulled grains of barley, wheat, etc.
Noun
요구르트
yogurt (a milk-based product thickened by a bacterium-aided curdling process)
Noun
국
soup; country; state; nation
Noun
쥐
rat, mouse, (in general) rodent; cramp
Noun
깜깜하다
to be pitch-dark; to be hopeless; to be gloomy; to be not knowing; to be forgetting
Adjective
하늘
sky; heaven; heavenly god; palate
Noun
노래
song; an incessant request, repeated like the refrain of a song
Noun
부르다
to name, to call, to call out; to bid, to offer (a price); to cry, to yell, to shout; to sing, to chant
Verb
누구
who; someone
Pronoun
오다
to come (to move towards the speaker); to fall; Marks a continuous action that stretches from the past into the present.
Verb
같다
the same; like or similar (often used with 와 (wa)/과 (gwa)); (to be) like; such as (indicates belonging to a similar group); look like; (to) resemble; to be something that one can guess, predict
Adjective
똑같다
just the same, exactly equal, identical
Adjective
웃다
to laugh, to smile, to grin; to laugh off, to deride, to dismiss (often in form "...로 웃어 버리다")
Verb
올라가다
to go up, to rise, to ascend; to go to the capital
Verb
그리다
to draw, to paint; to trace; to depict, to relate; to imagine, to think about; to long for, to yearn for
Verb
소방차
fire engine, firetruck
Noun
보다
to see, to look at, to watch (to perceive with the eyes); to look after (a baby, child, house, etc.); to try, to examine (before the meal or purchase); to experience; to try, to try out; Used to denote that the experience of the main verb has led to a certain conclusion or realization.; to consider, to regard; to read (not out loud); to meet (for a prearranged purpose); to take; …
Verb
바깥
outside; outdoors
Noun
다시
again, once more
Adverb
돌
rock, stone; pebble; stone; slow or obtuse person; stone (in the body); baby's first birthday; dhole (Cuon alpinus)
Noun
벌
any kind of bee, wasp, or hornet; honey bee (Apis mellifera); punishment; penalty; a set/suit of clothes; field, plain (open area of land)
Noun
있다
to be (in a place); to exist; to have
Adjective
간지럽다
to be itchy
Verb
다
all, completely; nearly, virtually; used to express mild surprise or sarcasm; with a verb in the past tense, used sarcastically to emphasize that the verb has not occurred
Adverb
여기
here
Pronoun
끼우다
to put, to insert
Verb
학교
school
Noun
안
not
Adverb
빗다
to comb
Verb
여자
woman
Noun
남자
man
Noun
좋다
to be good; great; excellent (excellent and satisfactory in features and content); to be good; nice (well-rounded and kind in personality); to be good; kind (kind and gentle in speech and act); to be good (above average in physical condition or health); to have a lot of nerve (not caring about saving face or being shameless); to be nice (sunny and clear); to be enough; sufficient; to be good (having a lot of hair in good condition); to be good; right (for a day or opportunity to be appropriate); to be fond of; in love with (happy about and satisfied with a thing or object); …
Adjective
땅
earth, land (as opposed to the sea or ocean); ground, soil; territory
Noun