Wiktionary:Requested entries (Korean)

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Hangeul

ㄱ

• 가관 (gagwan)(hanja: 可觀) - created HappyMidnight (talk) 08:40, 14 April 2018 (UTC)

• (hanja: 笳管) - an early name for the piri (Korean cylindrical oboe)

• 가볼까 (gabolkka)
• 가체 (加髢, gache)
• 각닙 (gangnip)
• 갈대 (galdae)
• 개소주 (gaesoju, “a drink made with dog but is it dog meat or blood just mixed with soju?”) - It's dog meat broth with Oriental medicinal herbs. Yeah.... --KoreanQuoter (talk) 09:43, 12 April 2015 (UTC)
• 개창 (疥瘡, gaechang)
• 거북선 (geobukseon, “turtle ship”)
• 거야 (geoya) future tense marker; last night; ...? --Anatoli ^{(обсудить}/^вклад) 04:34, 16 April 2014 (UTC)

  거예요 (geoyeyo) (a polite form of 거야 above) - expresses future or probability. -(ㅡ)ㄹ + 거예요. Not sure about etymology and the correct format of the entry. --Anatoli T. ^{(обсудить}/^вклад) 00:36, 28 July 2014 (UTC)

• 게젓 (gejeot)
• 겐마이차 (genmaicha, “Genmaicha, Japanese style tea”), synonym is 현미녹차 (hyeonminokcha)
• 계란찜 (gyeranjjim, “steamed egg”) - The English Wikipedia has the article about this Korean word: Gyeran jjim. --KoreanQuoter (talk) 09:50, 12 April 2015 (UTC)
• 고두 (godu, “kowtow”)
• 고장소스 (gojangsoseu) - There's no word for this. But maybe it's more like ?장소스. --KoreanQuoter (talk) 09:50, 12 April 2015 (UTC)
• 광둥어 (gwangdung-eo) - the Cantonese language
• 구장 (狗醬, gujang) - synonym of 개장국 (gaejangguk, “dog meat stew”) --KoreanQuoter (talk) 09:50, 12 April 2015 (UTC)
• 구탕 (狗湯, gutang) - synonym of 개장국 (gaejangguk, “dog meat stew”) --KoreanQuoter (talk) 09:50, 12 April 2015 (UTC)
• 근육보다 (geunyukboda) - non-lemma word. The English translation would be "than muscles". --KoreanQuoter (talk) 09:40, 12 April 2015 (UTC)
• 글체 (geulche) Synonym of 문체 (文體, munche) --KoreanQuoter (talk) 10:28, 12 April 2015 (UTC)
• 기름장 (gireumjang, “Korean dipping sauce for meat (pork or beef); usu. made with sesame oil, salt, and pepper”)
• 기주떡 (gijutteok, “Korean traditional rice cake with makgeolli, eaten during summertime; but rare nowadays”)
• 콩밥 (kongbap, “rice with beans”)
• 거문고 (geomun-go) - a musical instrument
• 거란 (georan) - the Khitan people
• 글리프 (geullipeu, “glyph”)

ㄲ

• 꿀떡 (kkultteok)
• 끔찍하다 (kkeumjjikhada) - a common verb we are missing ---> Tooironic (talk) 02:09, 17 December 2016 (UTC)

ㄴ

• 논리주의자 (nollijuuija)
• 노출보다 (nochulboda) - I think it's more like 노출하다 (nochulhada), meaning being exposed, or becoming nude, either way. --KoreanQuoter (talk) 09:00, 12 April 2015 (UTC)
• 녹두전 (綠豆煎, nokdujeon) (Korean style mung bean pancake) Also a SoP. --KoreanQuoter (talk) 06:17, 15 January 2016 (UTC)
• 나이테 (naite)
• 나오는 (naoneun)
• 녹유 (nogyu) - a type of green pigment?

ㄷ

• 단 (dan) - missing sense as a form of the adjective 달다 (dalda) / 달아 (dara) / 다니 (dani, “sweet”) as in 단고기 (dan-gogi, “dog meat”).
• 단고기탕 (dan-gogitang) - 단고기 (dan-gogi) is a North Korean word for dog meat. -KoreanQuoter (talk) 09:56, 12 April 2015 (UTC)
• 단무지 (danmuji) - Korean word for the Japanese pickle takuan (沢庵). Etymology is "sweet raddish pickle" in Korean. Additional source [1]. --KoreanQuoter (talk) 09:56, 12 April 2015 (UTC)
• 덮 (deop)
• 돈채 (donchae)
• 돌냄비우동 (dollaembiudong) stone pot udon (Japanese style noodles). Actually a SoP. --KoreanQuoter (talk) 05:31, 15 January 2016 (UTC)
• 돌밥 (dolbap)
• 되어 (doeeo)
• 단란주점 (dallanjujeom)
• 도드리 (dodeuri) - a musical term
• 덜컥 (deolkeok)

ㄸ

• 딱다그르르딱다그르르하다 (ttakdageureureuttakdageureureuhada) - has an entry on ko.wikt

An intransitive verb used in North Korea

Etymology: onomatopoeia of a rolling sound.

to roll continuously (the subject of the sentence would be an item/thing that is small and hard, but also bounces a little bit) --KoreanQuoter (talk) 12:28, 25 April 2015 (UTC)

• 땐 (ttaen)
• 뚜하다 (ttuhada)

ㄹ

• 리모 (rimo, “limousine”)
• 링어빵 (ring-eoppang)
• 로그인 (rogeu-in)

ㅁ

• 만두국 (manduguk) - dumpling soup
• 머피 (meopi, “Murphy”)
• 멍멍탕 (멍멍湯, meongmeongtang)
• 메리야스‎ (meriyaseu‎)
• 명승고적 (myeongseunggojeok) sight, attraction
• 몽고점 (monggojeom)
• 무단 (mudan)
• 무우 (muu) - old standard word for the vegetable 무, a radish. I think it's no longer used in South Korea after the 1990s.
• 물수건 (mulsugeon, “steaming towel used to clean the hands before eating”)
• 미음상 (mieumsang)
• 못지않다 (motjianta) --Anatoli T. ^{(обсудить}/^вклад) 13:01, 25 April 2015 (UTC)

Used often in the form of 못지않게 (못지 않다's original form is 못지아니하다)

1. (colloquial) as good as. (can include 잘 "well")

Example: 그녀는 화가 못지않게 (잘) 그린다 (She paints as good as [other] painters)

2. (colloquial) as .... as. (for adjectives)

Example: 오늘도 어제 못지않게 춥다 (Today is also as cold as yesterday.)

3. (colloquial) to compare (decently, well with)

Example: 중국산 옷은 한국산에 못지않다 (The clothes made in China compares decently with [clothes] made in Korea). (meaning. both articles of clothes made in either China or Korea are of similar qualities, worthy of comparing) --KoreanQuoter (talk) 13:18, 25 April 2015 (UTC)

ㅂ

• 변론가 (byeollon-ga)
• 밤빵 (bamppang)
• 배소 (baeso) - Korean pronunciation of 排簫 (a panpipe of ancient Chinese origin)
• 백선 (白癬, baekseon)
• 범심론 (beomsimnon, “panpsychism”)
• 벙 (beong, “syllabic block”)
• 변한말 (byeonhanmal)
• 봉소 (bongso)
• 부각 (bugak) - wikipedia:Bugak
• 불로불사 (不老不死, bullobulsa)
• 비격 (bigyeok)
• 비닐류 (binillyu)
• 빈대떡 (bindaetteok) - mung bean pancake.
• 뼈해장국 (ppyeohaejangguk) - spicy beef and bone stew for relieving hangovers.
• 박판 (bakpan) - the musical instrument called paiban in Chinese (though it is usually called 박 in Korean)

ㅅ

• 심판 (simpan)
• 사개 (沙疥, sagae)
• 사전총통 (sajeonchongtong)
• 사철탕 (四철湯, sacheoltang)
• 살아지다 (sarajida)
• 삼체 (samche)
• 상추쌈 (sangchussam)
• 상치쌈 (sangchissam)
• 상투 (sangtu)
• 새마을 (saema-eul)
• 새알심 (saealsim)
• 서방파 (seobangpa, “Korean organized crime like mafia or yakuza”)
• 선창 (癬瘡, seonchang)
• 소김 (sogim)
• 소불고기소스 (sobulgogisoseu)
• 수라간 (suragan)
• 수제비 (sujebi)
• 수지하다 (sujihada)
• 숙수 (suksu)
• 숙주나물 (sukjunamul, “bean sprouts?”)
• 순대 (sundae, “Korean blood sausage?”)
• 순두부백반 (sundububaekban)
• 술국 (sulguk)
• 식기도 (sikgido)
• 신기전 (神機箭, sin-gijeon)
• 신선로 (sinseollo)
• 신라 (silla) - Silla
• 솔 (sol) (brush; pine) (one of the senses is pronounced long?) --Anatoli T. ^{(обсудить}/^вклад) 18:29, 21 February 2015 (UTC)

  It is not pronounced long if it means pine. But it is pronounced long if it means brush. But seriously, average Koreans no longer distinguish long (actually semi-long) and and short pronunciations (except for voice actors or TV news anchors). --KoreanQuoter (talk) 11:13, 12 April 2015 (UTC)

• 삿포로 (satporo, “Sapporo”)
• 승탑 (seungtap)
• 성덕 (seongdeok)
• 소학교 (小學校, sohakgyo)
• 사창 (紗窓, sachang) - a gauze window
• 시김새 (sigimsae)
• 새똥 (saettong)
• 수막새 (sumaksae)
• 석이 (seogi) - rock tripe / iwatake mushroom

ㅆ

• 쌀떡볶이 (ssaltteokbokki)
• 쌈 (ssam)

ㅇ

• 옥 (ok)
• 안반 (anban)
• 암릿 (amnit)
• 아제 아제 바라아제 바라승아제 모지 사바하 (羯諦 羯諦 波羅羯諦 波羅僧羯諦 菩提 薩婆訶, aje aje baraaje baraseung-aje moji sabaha) - also, 揭 or 羯?
• 약국조제 (yakgukjoje)
• 약밥 (藥밥, yakbap)
• 약식 (藥食, yaksik)
• 엄친아 (eomchina) (has Korean Wikipedia page)

  @Hippietrail Naver dictionary has also examples submitted by users. Not sure about the English definition of the word. --Anatoli T. ^{(обсудить}/^вклад) 12:03, 11 April 2015 (UTC)

• 열구자탕 (yeolgujatang)
• 오당 (odang)
• 오덕 (odeok)/오덕후 (odeokhu) - otaku?
• 오뎅백밥 (odengbaekbap)
• 오젓 (ojeot)
• 옥배유 (okbaeyu, “corn oil?”)
• 옥상 (屋上, oksang)
• 용의자 (yong-uija)
• 우엉 (ueong)
• 우울하다 (uulhada)
• 울퉁불퉁하다 (ultungbultunghada)
• 원산지 (wonsanji)
• 원샷 (wonsyat)
• 웬만하다 (wenmanhada)
• 웹디자이너 (wepdijaineo) web designer. It is a formal job title in South Korea, so it is not SoP.
• 유니스 (yuniseu, “Eunice, girl's name”)
• 유밀과 (油蜜果, yumilgwa)
• 유자 (yuja, “yuzu”)
• 윤선 (輪癬, yunseon)
• 음청류 (飮淸類, eumcheongnyu)
• 이름짓다 (ireumjitda, “to name”)
• 이용실 (iyongsil)
• 이조 (ijo)
• 인간적 (in-ganjeok)
• 인소 (inso)
• 일동 (ildong)
• 잉어빵 (ing-eoppang)
• 일제 (ilje) - Korea under Japanese rule
• 일인실 (一人室, irinsil)
• 이기적 (igijeok) - selfish ---> Tooironic (talk) 12:57, 13 August 2017 (UTC)
• 유용 (yuyong) - useful ---> Tooironic (talk) 13:48, 13 August 2017 (UTC)

  @Tooironic, Wyang, TAKASUGI Shinji Hi. I don't remember what we agreed on but I have created a soft redirect in 유용 (yuyong). Please let me know if you think it's incorrect. I don't think 유용 is ever used on its own in this sense (有用). Do we need an entry for a standard determiner 유용한 (yuyonghan)?--Anatoli T. ^{(обсудить}/^вклад) 09:19, 21 August 2017 (UTC)

  It is used on its own (sort of), only in certain circumstances. e.g. "유용과 무용" (usefulness and uselessness) and when it is placed in front of another noun and it functions as a determiner (유용 물품). I would probably define it as "usefulness; helpfulness" and list the hada form as derived, and just hard redirect 유용한. Wyang (talk) 09:27, 21 August 2017 (UTC)

  Thanks. This usage fits into {{only used in|유용하다|lang=ko}}, IMO. I still think it would be good to have (some major) inflected forms for Korean and Japanese verbs/adjectives, even if it's a pain to maintain and the tables should have wikilinks for those forms. Non-lemma forms like 유용한 (yuyonghan) are frequently used and looked up. --Anatoli T. ^{(обсудить}/^вклад) 12:34, 21 August 2017 (UTC)

  It doesn't really fit into {{only used in}}, as it is not an example of use of the verb. I don't think non-lemma forms should be created. The search function is what needs to be perfected instead, and there should also be automatic sampling of the suggested terms in search from all the non-lemma forms autogenerated in the conjugation templates. I don't think inflected forms are a good idea as entries in general, and this is especially worse for agglutinative languages - you are putting a lot of resources into something that is never-ending. We can never satisfy the readers in this regard, and the search function has to keep up accordingly sooner or later anyway. Wyang (talk) 12:32, 22 August 2017 (UTC)

  @Wyang How about now? I've added another sense.

  As for inflected forms, I know there are two many possibilities but I'm not suggesting to use all of them. The inflection table uses "selected" forms, there could be even less allowed for entries. From the user's perspective, e.g. 큰 (keun) is a very important form of 크다 (keuda), even a different part of speech. You don't have to do it yourself but this should be considered as an important piece of work for the future and it can be done by a bot. --Anatoli T. ^{(обсудить}/^вклад) 04:52, 23 August 2017 (UTC)

• 용이 (yong-i)
• 연락처 - contact information ---> Tooironic (talk) 13:59, 21 October 2017 (UTC)
• 없 (eop)
• 옥신각신 (oksin-gaksin)
• 우의 (uui) - raincoat; friendship

ㅈ

• 재주꾼 (jaejukkun)
• 자새히 (jasaehi)
• 잔물고기 (janmulgogi)
• 잡상 (雜像, japsang)
• 장독대 (jangdokdae)
• 장아찌 (jang-ajji)
• 저해 (jeohae)
• 정숙하다 (jeongsukhada)
• 정월대보름 (jeong-woldaeboreum)
• 조리다 (jorida, “boil down”)
• 조선무 (joseonmu) most like a North Korean term for 무 (raddish)
• 조선족 (joseonjok) Korean people livinng in today's People's Republic of China (mostly in the northeastern region)
• 조제 (joje)
• 조직폭력배 (jojikpongnyeokbae)
• 종북 (jongbuk) a South Korean citizen who is friendly towards North Korea
• 주먹밥 (jumeokbap)
• 증편 (蒸편, jeungpyeon)
• 지양탕 (地羊湯, jiyangtang)
• 직딩 (jikding)
• 직무 (jingmu)
• 직장 동료 (jikjang dongnyo, “colleague”)
• 즐거운 성탄절 (jeulgeoun seongtanjeol)
• 잔인 (殘忍, janin)
• 잔혹 (殘酷, janhok)
• 천인상 (天人像, cheoninsang)
• 주사 (jusa)
• 증정 (贈呈, jeungjeong)
• 진달래 (jindallae, “azalea?”)
• 전돌 (jeondol) - a type of tile/brick?
• 징검다리 (jinggeomdari)

ㅉ

• 쯜면 (jjeulmyeon) I think it's a typo of 쫄면, a Sino-Korean noodle dish
• 찐 (jjin) steamed (cooking term)
• 쭉정이 (jjukjeong-i)

ㅊ

• 최후 (choehu)
• 차수 (chasu)
• 치러지다 (chireojida)
• 찰밥 (chalbap)
• 찹쌀풀 (chapssalpul)
• 천도교 (cheondogyo, “native Korean religion influenced by traditional Korean beliefs and Roman Catholicism, Chendoism”)
• 첨가물 (添加物, cheomgamul)
• 최후 (最後, choehu)
• 출퇴근하다 (chultoegeunhada, “to commute”)
• 출장가다 (chuljanggada, “to go on a business trip”)
• 충개 (蟲疥, chunggae)
• 취나물 (chwinamul, “plant from the Asteraceae family. Aster scaber THUNB”)
• 치커리 (chikeori, “chicory”)
• 침몰 (沈没, chimmol)
• 총 (銃, chong) (entry is missing actual definitions)

ㅋ

• 콩비지 (kongbiji, “soybean pulp (from making tofu)”)
• 크리스 (keuriseu, “Chris”)
• 크게 (keuge, “greatly, highly”)

ㅌ

• 탐험 (tamheom)
• 탐험가 (tamheomga)
• 통솔자 (tongsolja)
• 탐조 (探鳥, tamjo, “birdwatching?”)
• 토란대 (torandae)
• 튀김 (twigim) - various deep-fried snacks
• 트로트 (teuroteu) - w:ko:트로트
• 통자 (tongja) [related to printing]

ㅍ

• 팔도 (paldo, “eight provinces of Korea”)
• 팥빙수 (patbingsu)
• 팥인절미 (patinjeolmi)
• 패키 (paeki)
• 폐인 (廢人, pyein)
• 포장마차 (pojangmacha) Pojangmacha (has a wiki page) and it's similar to the Japanee 屋台. It is also shorten as 포차.
• 풋젓 (putjeot)
• 풍 (pung, “stroke, palsy”)
• 풍자 (pungja, “satire, satirize, lampoon”)
• 프리 (peuri, “free”)
• 핑크 (pingkeu, “pink”)
• 팽이버섯 (paeng-ibeoseot, “enoki mushroom”)
• 퍼즐 (peojeul) - puzzle?

ㅎ

• 하기 (hagi)
• 하소서체 (hasoseoche, “an archaic speech level”). Full paradigm would be useful. Already linked to by other speech level name entries, like 해라체.
• 할수있다 (halsu-itda) - can? to be able (to)?

  @Hippietrail It's not a word and can also be spelled 할 수 있다. Generally, any verb forms such construct with "-(으)ㄹ 수 있다". "할" may be considered a "form of" 하다 - 하- + ㄹ. Verbs, whose stem end in a consonant use "-eul": 먹을 수 있다 (meogeul su itda) - "can eat". --Anatoli T. ^{(обсудить}/^вклад) 01:04, 18 December 2015 (UTC)

• 해일 (海溢, haeil)
• 해장국 (解酲국, haejangguk)
• 현학금 (hyeonhakgeum) - old name for the geomungo
  • 玄鶴琴 - old hanja name for the geomungo
• 호떡 (hotteok, “hoddeok, Korean style sweet pancakes”) - the 호 is the Chinese Character 胡.
• 호모글리프 (homogeullipeu, “homoglyph”)
• 호불정식 (hobuljeongsik)
• 화랑 (花郞, hwarang) - Hwarang. (It has an English Wikipedia page)
• 환영하다 (hwanyeonghada, “to welcome (a person)”)
• 홧팅 (hwatting, “fighting”), a colloquial shorten form of 화이팅 (hwaiting)
• 횡적 (hoengjeok) (橫笛)
• 행 (行, haeng)
• 현금 (玄琴, hyeon-geum) - a string instrument
  • 현학금 (玄鶴琴, hyeonhakgeum) - a string instrument
• 호빵 (hoppang)
• 한판 (hanpan)
• 휑하다 (hwenghada)
• 흥건하다 (heunggeonhada)

Hanja only

• 구절판 (九節坂, gujeolpan)
• 국선 (國仙, gukseon)
• 낙향 (落鄕, nakhyang)
• 서라벌 (徐羅伐, seorabeol, “capital city of 신라”)
• 玉編
• 子息
• 자주 (慈主, jaju) - old word for 어머니
• 침채 (沈菜, chimchae) - old word for 김치
• 角度 - missing Korean ---> Tooironic (talk) 13:38, 28 August 2016 (UTC)
• 豫備 as in 예비 ---> Tooironic (talk) 15:59, 28 August 2016 (UTC)
• 援助 read as 원조
• 正義 read as 정의
• 完備 read as 완비
• 醫科 read as 의과
• 超心理學 read as 초심리학

Jamo only

• ㆆ ()
• ㆁ ()
• ㆅ ()
• ᅇ ()
• ㅠㅠ (yuyu) Korean emoticon equivalent to TT (a crying face)

Latin letters

• 꽃제비 (kkotjebi) - homeless/street child in North Korea