How to say friend in korean

The word for ‘friend‘ in Korean is 친구 (chingu). You will hear this word a lot when you are in Korea. However, its usage is a little bit different in Korean than it is in English. This is because Koreans generally only use the word for people of the same age.

베프 [bae-poo] Note that this is short form of 베스트 프렌드 which literally means Best Friends.

베프 (bepeu) – Best friend

This slang term is shortened from the Konglish phrase 베스트 프렌드 (beseuteu peurendeu | best friend). You can also say 절친 (jeolchin), shortened from 절친한 친구 (jeolchinhan chingu | literally ‘great friend‘).

아니요 (aniyo)

This word can be used in both formal and standard Korean. The word can be used by itself. Some alternate spellings that you might see are 아니오 (anio) and 아뇨 (anyo). These mean the same thing but the correct spelling is 아니요 (aniyo).

안녕하세요 (Annyeong Haseyo) – “Hello”

This is your most common way to greet someone in Korean. It’s the familiar, polite speech pattern. You use 하세요 (haseyo) to show a bit of extra respect.

The word arasso is used in Korean meaning understood,Understand,okay?, alright,okay.

알았어 (arasso) – understood/okay

Arasso can be used when someone give you an order, and you reply back as in “I get it”. Eg. JJ: “Ya!

Omo / Omona / 어머 / 어머나: “Oh no!” or “Oh my gosh!”

고마워 or ‘Gomawo‘ is an informal way of thanking someone. It is best translated to the English word ‘thanks’. By adding 요/yo to the ending makes it a little more formal but you still wouldn’t use the word with an elderly person.

You can say ‘오빠(oppa)’ when you call your older brother, male friends/cousins/boyfriend older than you. It’s not common that a girl calls a male friend older than her ‘형(hyeong)’. “oppa” is used by a girl to call a boy that older than her.

합니다 romanised as hab-ni-da. It is pronounced as hamnida. It means ‘ i do‘

Saranghaeyo (사랑해요) is the semi-formal version, to be used with people you sort of know, and is still considered not to be good friends with. All of the above mean ‘I love you’.

Jalgayo / Jalga (잘가요 / 잘가)

The word 잘 (Jal) in Korean also means “Well”, and so 잘가 (Jalga) basically means “Go well”.

미쳤어 (michyeosseo)

It stems from the verb 미치다 (michida) which in this context translates to ‘go crazy’ or ‘be out of one’s mind’ or, simply ‘go mad’. It’s used in the past tense. Take note that ‘crazy’ is often used in an extremely informal way, so you might want to steer away from using it around elders.

Direct translation: Michin / 미친

Michin is the literal translation of crazy, which is to be insane. To call someone crazy is questioning their sanity and can be extremely offensive.

in korean，”bichoso “means crazy?

gata‘ means ‘same’

너무 보고 싶어 (neomu bogo sipeo)

It means ‘so much’. Therefore, this version of “I miss you” in Korean means “I miss you so much”.

shipeo = 싶어 It stands for ‘I want to do ~”

Yeobo for Wife: “Jagi,” which means “honey” or “darling,” is another gender-neutral nickname common among Korean couples. You’ll often hear “jagiya” with a “ya” suffix added in K-dramas, particularly to call someone or get their attention in a loving manner.