Body & Health in Korean

We’ll now learn talking about parts of the human body as well as some useful Korean words and phrases related to Health and Illnesses. Let’s hope you’ll never need them, but better be prepared than sorry as they say…

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The Body
Health & Illnesses
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The Body

English	Korean	Korean (Romanization)	Pronunciation (Audio)
body [Sg]	몸	moom	ko-sing_body
bodies [Pl]	몸들	moom deul	ko-plur_body
head [Sg]	머리	mur ri	ko-sing_head
heads [Pl]	머리들	mur ri deul	ko-plur_head
face [Sg]	얼굴	url gul	ko-sing_face
faces [Pl]	얼굴들	url gul deul	ko-plur_face
eye [Sg]	눈	nuun	ko-sing_eye
eyes [Pl]	눈들	nuun deul	ko-plur_eye
ear [Sg]	귀	gwei	ko-sing_ear
ears [Pl]	귀들	gwei deul	ko-plur_ear
nose [Sg]	코	co	ko-sing_nose
noses [Pl]	코들	co deul	ko-plur_nose
mouth [Sg]	입	ip	ko-sing_mouth
mouths [Pl]	입들	ip deul	ko-plur_mouth
tongue [Sg]	혀	hyur	ko-sing_tongue
tongues [Pl]	혀들	hyur deul	ko-plur_tongue
neck [Sg]	목	mok	ko-sing_neck
necks [Pl]	목들	mok deul	ko-plur_neck
chest [Sg]	가슴	ga sum	ko-sing_chest
chests [Pl]	가슴들	ga sum deul	ko-plur_chest
back / shoulder	등 어깨	dung aur gae	ko-sing_backshoulder ko-sing_backshoulder-2
stomach [Sg]	위	we	ko-sing_stomach
stomachs [Pl]	위들	we deul	ko-plur_stomach
heart [Sg]	심장	shim jang	ko-sing_heart
hearts [Pl]	심장들	shim jang deul	ko-plur_heart
arm [Sg]	팔	pal	ko-sing_arm
arms [Pl]	팔들	pal deul	ko-plur_arm
elbow [Sg]	팔꿈치	pal gum chi	ko-sing_elbow
elbows [Pl]	팔들	pal gum chi deul	ko-plur_elbow
hand [Sg]	손	shon	ko-sing_hand
hands [Pl]	손들	shon deul	ko-plur_hand
right hand	오른손	o ruun shon	ko-sing_right-hand
left hand	왼손	when shon	ko-sing_left-hand
finger [Sg]	손가락	shon ga rak	ko-sing_finger
fingers [Pl]	손가락들	shon ga rak deul	ko-plur_finger
leg [Sg]	다리	da ri	ko-sing_leg
legs [Pl]	다리들	da ri deul	ko-plur_leg
foot [Sg]	발	bal	ko-sing_foot
feet [Pl]	발들	bal deul	ko-plur_foot
skin	피부	pi bu	ko-sing_skin
hair	머리	mur ri	ko-sing_hair
tooth [Sg]	이	ee	ko-sing_tooth
teeth [Pl]	치아들	chi ah deul	ko-plur_tooth
blood	피	pi	ko-sing_blood

Health & Illnesses

English	Korean	Korean (Romanization)	Pronunciation (Audio)
healthy	건강함	gun gang ham	ko-sing_healthy
ill / sick	아프다	ah pue da	ko-sing_illsick
ache [Sg]	아픔	ah pum	ko-sing_ache
aches [Pl]	아픔들	ah pum deul	ko-plur_ache
My [...] aches. / My [...] hurts.	제 […] 아파요.	jae […] ah pa yo	ko-sing_my--achesmy--hurts
My [...] ache. / My [...] hurt.	제[…] 아파요.	jae […] ah pa yo	ko-sing_my--achemy--hurt
I have a stomach ache.	배가 아파요	bae ga ah pa yo	ko-sing_i-have-a-stomach-ache
My legs hurt.	제 다리가 아파요.	nae da ri ga ah pa yo	ko-sing_my-legs-hurt
doctor	의사	eu sa	ko-sing_doctor
medical office / doctor’s surgery	의료실 의사의 수술	eu ryo sil eu sa wu su sul	ko-sing_medical-officedoctors-surgery ko-sing_medical-officedoctors-surgery-2
chemist’s / drugstore	약국	yak guk	ko-sing_chemistsdrugstore
hospital	병원	byeung won	ko-sing_hospital
illness / malady	병 병	byeung	ko-sing_illnessmalady ko-sing_illnessmalady-2

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