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…

This lesson is part of the chapter “Learning Korean“.

Body & Health in Korean

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The Body

EnglishKoreanKorean
(Romanization)
Pronunciation
(Audio)
body [Sg]moom
bodies [Pl]몸들moom deul
head [Sg]머리mur ri
heads [Pl]머리들mur ri deul
face [Sg]얼굴url gul
faces [Pl]얼굴들url gul deul
eye [Sg]nuun
eyes [Pl]눈들nuun deul
ear [Sg]gwei
ears [Pl]귀들gwei deul
nose [Sg]co
noses [Pl]코들co deul
mouth [Sg]ip
mouths [Pl]입들ip deul
tongue [Sg]hyur
tongues [Pl]혀들hyur deul
neck [Sg]mok
necks [Pl]목들mok deul
chest [Sg]가슴ga sum
chests [Pl]가슴들ga sum deul
back / shoulder
어깨
dung
aur gae

stomach [Sg]we
stomachs [Pl]위들we deul
heart [Sg]심장shim jang
hearts [Pl]심장들shim jang deul
arm [Sg]pal
arms [Pl]팔들pal deul
elbow [Sg]팔꿈치pal gum chi
elbows [Pl]팔들pal gum chi deul
hand [Sg]shon
hands [Pl]손들shon deul
right hand오른손o ruun shon
left hand왼손when shon
finger [Sg]손가락shon ga rak
fingers [Pl]손가락들shon ga rak deul
leg [Sg]다리da ri
legs [Pl]다리들da ri deul
foot [Sg]bal
feet [Pl]발들bal deul
skin피부pi bu
hair머리mur ri
tooth [Sg]ee
teeth [Pl]치아들chi ah deul
bloodpi

Health & Illnesses

EnglishKoreanKorean
(Romanization)
Pronunciation
(Audio)
healthy건강함gun gang ham
ill / sick아프다ah pue da
ache [Sg]아픔ah pum
aches [Pl]아픔들ah pum deul
My [...] aches. / My [...] hurts.제 […] 아파요.jae […] ah pa yo
My [...] ache. / My [...] hurt.제[…] 아파요.jae […] ah pa yo
I have a stomach ache.배가 아파요bae ga ah pa yo
My legs hurt.제 다리가 아파요.nae da ri ga ah pa yo
doctor의사eu sa
medical office / doctor’s surgery의료실
의사의 수술
eu ryo sil
eu sa wu su sul

chemist’s / drugstore약국yak guk
hospital병원byeung won
illness / malady
byeung

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