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Korean TOPIK I — Core Vocabulary, Part 4 flashcards

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Ninety-one TOPIK I words for home and daily life: meals and dishes, snacks and drinks, the kitchen, furniture, the bathroom, electronics and the phone, clothes, shopping and money — each with an original polite sentence on the front.

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  1. 음식 (eumsik) (n.)
    한국 음식 중에서 뭐가 제일 맛있어요?
    food; dish

    Which Korean food is the tastiest?
    Food & Shopping
  2. 메뉴 (menyu) (n.)
    메뉴에 사진이 있어서 고르기 쉬워요.
    menu

    The menu has pictures, so it's easy to choose.

    Note: To choose from it: 메뉴를 고르다.
    Food & Shopping
  3. 갈비 (galbi) (n.)
    갈비가 비싸서 조금만 샀어요.
    ribs; galbi (marinated grilled ribs)

    The galbi was expensive, so I only bought a little.

    Note: On its own it usually means beef ribs; pork ribs are 돼지갈비.
    Food & Shopping
  4. 텔레비전 (tellebijeon) (n.)
    할머니는 하루 종일 텔레비전만 보세요.
    television; TV

    Grandma watches nothing but TV all day.

    Note: Often shortened to 티브이 or TV.
    Hobbies & Culture
  5. 라디오 (radio) (n.)
    운전할 때 라디오를 들어요.
    radio

    I listen to the radio when I drive.
    Hobbies & Culture
  6. 담배 (dambae) (n.)
    식당 안에서는 담배를 피울 수 없어요.
    cigarette; tobacco

    You can't smoke inside restaurants.

    Note: Smoking is 담배를 피우다; quitting is 담배를 끊다.
    Body & Health
  7. 부엌 (bueok) (n.)
    엄마는 부엌에서 요리하고 있어요.
    kitchen

    Mom is cooking in the kitchen.

    Note: 주방 means the same and is the usual word for a restaurant kitchen.
    Home & Belongings
  8. 냉장고 (naengjanggo) (n.)
    우유는 냉장고에 넣어 주세요.
    refrigerator; fridge

    Please put the milk in the fridge.
    Home & Belongings
  9. 닭 (dak) (n.)
    시골 할머니 댁에서 닭을 키워요.
    chicken; hen (the bird)

    They keep chickens at my grandmother's house in the countryside.

    Note: The meat is 닭고기; fried chicken is 치킨.
    Nature & Weather
  10. 불 (bul) (n.)
    우리는 캠핑장에서 불을 피웠어요.
    fire

    We made a fire at the campsite.

    Note: It also means a light: 불을 켜다 (to turn on the light).
    Nature & Weather

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  • Word selection follows the TOPIK public vocabulary list (2015, 토픽 어휘 목록 공개 목록) for TOPIK I (초급), via julienshim/combined_korean_vocabulary_list; the cards are grouped by topic. Spelling, spacing and meanings checked against the Standard Korean Dictionary (표준국어대사전); romanization follows the Revised Romanization of Korean (2000). Reference only; all glosses and example sentences are original.

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