Basic Korean Dictionary: beginner words

1705 words, in teaching order

Words 801–900

농담하다

to joke

Verb

주위

circumference; surroundings

Noun

살

flesh; skin; meat / flesh (of fruits, animals, etc.); arrow; frame; support; spoke (on a wheel); lattice / latticework or bars (on a door or window); rib / frame (of a fan, kite, umbrella, etc.); teeth (of a comb); fishing weir; sting (of bees, etc.); …

Noun

소

cow; bull; ox; cattle; small (in terms of size or scale); stuffing, filling (in rice cakes, dumplings, etc.)

Noun

주머니

pouch, sack, bag; synonym of 호주머니 (hojumeoni, “pocket”); someone with an abundance of something; pouch (of a pouched animal, such as a kangaroo)

Noun

주문

order (a request for some product or service)

Noun

실수하다

to make a mistake

Verb

잘못하다

to err; to make a mistake; to do something improperly or incorrectly; to do something wrong

Verb

강아지

puppy; dog, doggy; kid, child

Noun

마치다

to finish

Verb

공부하다

to study

Verb

가격

monetary price

Noun

연습하다

to practice

Verb

이분

this gentleman, this lady, he, she, it

Noun

술집

bar, pub (establishment serving alcohol)

Noun

선배

a senior or elder in an organization; an upperclassman

Noun

새벽

dawn; daybreak; cockcrow (also used to indicate time of the day, approximately from 1:00 a.m. to 3:00 a.m.)

Noun

뵙다

to see a very respected person (more humble than 뵈다 (boeda), itself a humble form of 보다 (boda))

Verb

지하

below ground; basement

Noun

조카

nephew, niece (child of a sibling)

Noun

표

ticket; vote or ballot; table, diagram, or graph; form (blank document to be filled in)

Noun

길이

length; distance

Noun

무척

very, extremely, extraordinarily, exceedingly

Adverb

여섯

six

Numeric

인사하다

to greet; to bow

Verb

평소

the ordinary; ordinary conditions

Noun

열

fever; heat; passion; line, row; file; column of troops, one behind the other; hemp; A general term for the string or cord attached to the end of a whip or other implement; The iron tip of a spear

Noun

휴대폰

mobile phone

Noun

날씨

weather

Noun

토끼

leporid (hare, rabbit), bunny

Noun

자주

often, frequently

Adverb

부드럽다

to be soft, smooth, gentle, mild; tender

Adjective

분위기

intellectual atmosphere or environment; physical surroundings

Noun

동시

the same time; concurrently; concomitant; children's poetry (poem for children)

Noun

억

hundred million

Numeric

귀찮다

tiresome, annoying, bothering, troublesome

Adjective

기르다

to grow, raise, breed, cultivate, foster, nurse, bring up; to build up, to develop

Verb

도

province (in both Koreas); principle, reason; morals; (philosophy, Confucianism) the Way, the Tao; bound, limit, extent; do (musical note); 1 point in yunnori

Noun

돌려주다

to return, to give back; to accommodate (a person with a loan), to advance

Verb

잡지

magazine

Noun

유리

glass (substance); advantage; isolation, separation; isolation

Noun

찾아가다

To go to see or meet someone.; To retrieve or recover something.

Verb

눈물

tears

Noun

굽다

To bake, broil, roast, grill (by laying something on the fire); To mount one 말 (mal, “horse/token”) on another so that they can go together, hence multiply faster, on the 윷 (yut, “Yut”) board.; To burn; to write data to a permanent storage medium such as a compact disc.

Verb

비우다

to empty, drain; evacuate, vacate

Verb

주사

injection; shot

Noun

애인

lover; boyfriend, girlfriend; spouse

Noun

또는

if not; alternatively

Adverb

공장

factory; artisan, craftsman

Noun

닭

chicken; specifically the domestic chicken, Gallus gallus, sometimes Gallus gallus domesticus.

Noun

혀

tongue

Noun

별로

very (in a negative context); really (usually used with a negative)

Adverb

현재

the present; now; as of

Noun

넓다

to be wide, large, broad

Adjective

서비스

service; the act of giving away something or doing something for free, as a gift or free service for someone; on the house; a free add-on to a product or service, generally a substantive and desirable one; lagniappe

Noun

어깨

shoulders

Noun

어머님

honorific of 어머니 (eomeoni, “mother”)

Noun

천만

extremely, absurdly; not at all; A polite response to expression of gratitude

Adverb

팔리다

to be sold