Cities & Traffic in Korean

This vocabulary lesson will teach you the Korean words for buildings, monuments, streets and vehicles, as well as talking about different modes of public transportation.

Contents

Shops, Buildings and Institutions
Cities and Places
Traffic, Vehicles and Transportation
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Shops, Buildings and Institutions

English	Korean	Korean (Romanization)	Pronunciation (Audio)
shop	가게	ga gae	ko-sing_shop
department store	백화점	back wha jum	ko-sing_department-store
kiosk	키오스크	kiosk	ko-sing_kiosk
bakery	빵집	bbang jeep	ko-sing_bakery
confectionery	과자	gwa ja	ko-sing_confectionery
butcher’s	푸주한		ko-sing_butchers
market	시장	shi jang	ko-sing_market
library	도서관	do ser gwan	ko-sing_library
church	교회	gyo hoe	ko-sing_church
cinema	영화	young hwa	ko-sing_cinema
theater	극장	geug jang	ko-sing_theater
hotel	호텔	hotel	ko-sing_hotel
bank	은행	eun haeng	ko-sing_bank
school	학교	hak gyo	ko-sing_school
university	대학	dae hak	ko-sing_university
kindergarten	유치원	yu chi won	ko-sing_kindergarten
chemist’s / drugstore	약국	yak guk	ko-sing_chemistsdrugstore
hospital	병원	byoung won	ko-sing_hospital

Cities and Places

English	Korean	Korean (Romanization)	Pronunciation (Audio)
town / city	마을 도시	mae wul doe shi	ko-sing_towncity ko-sing_towncity-2
house	집	jip	ko-sing_house
building	건물	gun mul	ko-sing_building
street / road	거리 도로	gur ri doo roo	ko-sing_streetroad ko-sing_streetroad-2
avenue	가로	ga ro	ko-sing_avenue
bridge	다리	da ri	ko-sing_bridge
center/city center	시내 중심 센터	Shi nae joong shim center	ko-sing_center ko-sing_center-2
crossing	횡단	wheaeng dan	ko-sing_crossing
square	광장	gwang jang	ko-sing_square
park	공원	gong won	ko-sing_park
landmark / sight	기념지	gi nyum ji	ko-sing_landmarksight
monument	기념물 기념탑 기념비	gi nyum mul gi nyum thap gi nyum bi	ko-sing_monument ko-sing_monument-2 ko-sing_monument-3

Traffic, Vehicles and Transportation

English	Korean	Korean (Romanization)	Pronunciation (Audio)
vehicle	차량	cha lyang	ko-sing_vehicle
car	차	cha	ko-sing_car
train	기차	gi cha	ko-sing_train
bus	버스	bus	ko-sing_bus
tram	전철	jun chul	ko-sing_tram
metro	지하철	ji ha cheol	ko-sing_metro
bicycle	자전거	ja jeon geo	ko-sing_bicycle
motorbike	오토바이	auto bi	ko-sing_motorbike
taxi	택시	taxi	ko-sing_taxi
airplane	비행기	bi hang gi	ko-sing_plane
ship	배	bae	ko-sing_ship
(train) station	기차역	gi cha yuk	ko-sing_train-station
main station	주역	ju yuk	ko-sing_main-station
stop	중지	jung ji	ko-sing_stop
station / stop	역 정류장	yeog jeong ryu jang	ko-sing_stationstop ko-sing_stationstop-2
parking area	주차장	ju cha jang	ko-sing_parking-area
petrol station	주유소	ju yu so	ko-sing_petrol-station
(to) go by car	차를 타고	cha leul tha go	ko-sing_to-go-by-car
(to) go by motorbike	오토바이를 타고	auto by leul tha go	ko-sing_to-go-by-motorbike
(to) go by bike	자전거를 타고	ja jun gur leul tha go	ko-sing_to-go-by-bike
(to) go by bus	버스를 타고	bus leul tha go	ko-sing_to-go-by-bus
(to) go by metro	지하철을 타고	ji ha cheol eul tha go	ko-sing_to-go-by-metro

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