Here is a compiled list of Korean words related to food, cooking, eating out, going out, and nutrition, all on one page.
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General
Positions / People Terms
| 조리사 |
a cook (요리사 is more common, see Cooking Verbs footnotes) |
| 요리사 |
a chef |
General Terms
| 요리 |
cooking |
| 요리법 |
recipe |
| 요리책 |
cookbook |
| 음식 |
food |
| 중식 |
Chinese food |
| 일식 |
Japanese food |
| 한식 |
Korean food |
| 양식 |
Western food |
| 밥 |
cooked rice, meal |
| 식사 |
meal |
| 진지 |
meal (honorific) |
| 아침 식사, 조식 |
breakfast |
| 점심, 중식 |
lunch |
| 저녁 (식사), 석식 |
dinner |
| 식용 |
edible |
| 반찬 |
side dishes |
| 과자 |
snack |
| 안주 |
food/snacks/appetizers served with alcohol |
Fruits
| 사과 |
apple |
| 아보카도 |
avocado |
| 바나나 |
banana |
| 체리 |
cherry |
| 곶감 |
dried persimmon |
| 과일 |
fruit |
| 포도 |
grape |
| 자몽 |
grapefruit |
| 단감 |
hard persimmon |
| 재추 |
jujube, Chinese date |
| 키위 |
kiwi fruit |
| 레몬 |
lemon |
| 귤 |
mandarin orange, tangerine |
| 망고 |
mango |
| 멜론, 참위 |
melon |
| 오렌지 |
orange |
| 복숭아 |
peach |
| 배 |
pear |
| 감 |
persimmon |
| 파인애플 |
pineapple |
| 자두 |
plum |
| 석류 |
pomegranate |
| 건포도 |
raisin |
| 홍시 |
soft, mellow persimmon |
| 딸기 |
strawberry |
| 수박 |
watermelon |
Vegetables
| 콩 |
bean |
| 미역 |
brown seaweed |
| 양배추 |
cabbage |
| 옥수수 |
corn, maize |
| 오이 |
cucumber |
| 가지 |
eggplant |
| 마늘 |
garlic |
| 마늘쫑 |
garlic stems |
| 파 |
green/spring onion |
| 강낭콩 |
kidney bean |
| 배주 |
Korean cabbage |
| 상추, 양상치 |
lettuce |
| 양파 |
onion |
| 완두콩 |
pea |
| 감자 |
potato |
| 팥 |
red bean |
| 깻잎 |
sesame leaf |
| 시금치 |
spinach |
| 고구마 |
sweet potato |
| 토마토 |
tomato |
| 야채, 채소 |
vegetables |
| 무우 |
white radish |
| 애호박 |
zucchini |
| 브로콜리 |
broccoli |
| 당근 |
carrot |
| 호박 |
pumpkin, squash |
Beverages
| 음료, 음료수 |
beverages, drinks |
| 물 |
water |
| 우유 |
milk |
| 커피 |
coffee |
| 콜라 |
cola |
| 주스 |
juice |
| 오렌지 주스 |
orange juice |
| 탄산음료 |
soft drinks |
| 차 |
tea |
| 홍차 |
black tea |
| 유자차 |
citron Tea |
| 인삼차 |
ginseng tea |
| 녹차 |
green tea |
| 매실차 |
asian Apricot Tea |
| 보리차 |
roasted barley tea |
| 옥수수차 |
roasted corn tea |
| 술 |
alcohol |
| 맥주 |
beer |
| 칵테일 |
cocktail |
| 막걸리 |
rice wine |
| 소주 |
traditional Korean vodka |
| 양주 |
western liquors |
| 와인 |
wine |
Meat
| 베이컨 |
bacon |
| 소고기 |
beef |
| 닭가슴살 |
Chicken breast |
| 닭고기 |
chicken (meat) |
| 양고기 |
lamb/mutton |
| 고기 |
meat |
| 돼지 고기 |
pork |
| 갈비 |
rib |
| 등심 |
sirloin |
| 안심 |
tenderloin |
Seafood
| 전복 |
abalone |
| 조개 |
clam |
| 게 |
crab |
| 가재 |
crayfish |
| 장어 |
eel |
| 생선 |
fish (cooked for eating) |
| 물고기 |
live fish in the ocean |
| 랍스터 |
lobster |
| 고등어 |
mackerel |
| 홍합 |
mussels |
| 낙지, 문어 |
octopus |
| 굴 |
oyster |
| 새우 |
prawn, shrimp |
| 회 |
raw fish, sashimi |
| 연어 |
salmon |
| 파 |
scallion |
| 해산물 |
seafood |
| 오징어 |
squid, cuttlefish |
| 참치 |
tuna |
Nuts
| 도토리 |
acorn |
| 아몬드 |
almond |
| 밤 |
chestnut |
| 땅콩 |
peanut |
| 호두 |
walnut |
Misc
| 버터 |
butter |
| 달걀/계란 |
egg |
| 치즈 |
cheese |
| 박력분 |
cake/pastry flour |
| 고추 |
chili pepper, chili |
| 식용유 |
cooking oil |
| 부스러기 |
crumbs |
| 흰자 |
egg white |
| 노른자 |
egg yolk |
| 어목 |
fishcake |
| 생크림 |
fresh cream |
| 버섯 |
mushroom |
| 면 |
noodle |
| 깻잎 |
perilla leaf |
| 떡 |
rice cake |
| 수프, 국, 탕 |
soup |
| 떡볶이 |
spicy rice cake |
| 보리 |
barley |
| 밀 |
wheat |
| 설탕 |
sugar |
Cooking & Ingredients
Ingredients, Spices
| 양념 |
spices, seasonings |
| 올리브오일/ 올리브유 |
olive oil |
| 중력분 |
all-purpose flour |
| 강력분 |
bread flour |
| 밀가루 |
flour |
| 성분 |
ingredient, component |
| 재료 |
ingredients, material |
| 쌀 |
uncooked rice |
| 식초 |
vinegar |
| 파프리카 |
capsicum, pepper |
| 고수 |
cilantro |
| 후추 |
black pepper |
Sauces & Seasonings
| 꿀 |
honey |
| 케첩 |
ketchup |
| 마요네즈 |
mayonnaise |
| 겨자 |
mustard |
| 고추장 |
red pepper paste |
| 고추가루 |
red pepper powder |
| 소금 |
salt |
| 참기름 |
sesame oil |
| 된장 |
soybean paste |
| 간장 |
soy sauce |
Utensils, Dishes, & Cups
| 사발 |
bowl |
| 젓가락 |
chopsticks |
| 조리용 소쿠리 |
colander |
| 컵 |
cup |
| 디저트 포크 |
dessert fork |
| 포크 |
fork |
| 얼음통 |
ice bucket |
| 얼음집게 |
ice tongs |
| 칼 |
knife, chef’s knife |
| 얕은 냄비 |
pan |
| 접시 |
plate |
| 평평한접시 |
plate |
| 밥그릇 |
rice bowl |
| 샐러드 포크 |
salad fork |
| 받침접시 |
saucer |
| 숟가락 |
spoon |
| 수저 |
spoon and chopsticks |
| 수저통 |
spoon bag |
| 맥주잔 |
stein |
| 식기류 |
tableware |
| 정찬용 식기 |
tableware/ dinner set |
Appliances & Rooms
| 믹서기 |
blender |
| 식기세척기 |
dishwasher |
| 냉동고 |
freezer |
| 냉장고 |
fridge |
| 가스렌지 |
gas stove |
| 그릴 |
grill |
| 부엌, 주방 |
kitchen |
| 전자 레인지 |
microwave |
| 오븐 |
oven |
| 식기 |
pantry |
| 커피끓이개 |
percolator |
| 토스터 |
toaster |
Cooking Verbs
| 잘게 썰다 |
cut into small pieces |
| 얇게 썰다 |
cut into thin slices |
| 굽다 |
roast, grill, barbecue, bake, toast |
| 양념하다 |
season, add flavor |
| 간을하다 |
to add salt |
| 바르다 |
to baste or apply |
| 데치다 |
to blanch, parboil |
| 삶다 |
to boil |
| 끓이다 |
to boil |
| 물을 꿇이다 |
to boil water |
| 요리하다 |
to cook * |
| 조리하다 |
to cook * |
| 익히다 |
to cook thoroughly (all the way through) |
| 식히다 |
to cool down |
| 깨다 |
to crack |
| 썰다 |
to cut, chop (up), slice (up), dice (up), cube |
| 자르다 |
to cut, slice |
| 채우다 |
to fill |
| 뒤집다 |
to flip over |
| 튀기다 |
to fry |
| 갈다 |
to grind |
| 데우다 |
to heat up |
| 반죽하다 |
to knead |
| 반족(하다) |
(to make) batter or dough |
| 재우다 |
to marinate, lay down and marinate |
| 으깨다 |
to mash |
| 녹다 |
to melt |
| 다지다 |
to mince |
| 섞다 |
to mix and blend |
| 무치다 |
to mix, season, stir |
| 비비다 |
to mix, twist, rub |
| 부치다 |
to pan fry (cook in a shallow pan with just a bit of oil) |
| 깍다 |
to peel with a knife, shave |
| 껍질을 까다 |
to peel with ones hands (like an orange) |
| 붓다, 따르다 |
to pour |
| 넣다 |
to put in, add |
| 놓다 |
to put on |
| 조리다 |
to reduce (boil until there is little water left in a sauce) |
| (기름에) 볶다 |
to saute, fry (in oil) |
| 뿌리다 |
to spray or sprinkle |
| 부리다 |
to sprinkle |
| 찌다 |
to steam |
| 볶다 |
to stir fry |
| 젓다 |
to stir (liquid) |
| 맛을 보다, 맛보다 |
to taste |
| 건을 보다 |
to taste (to see if food is too salty / bland) |
| 손질하다 |
to trim (meats) |
| 다듬다 |
to trim (vegetables, like cut the ends of spring onion) |
| 계량하다 |
to weigh, measure |
Adjectives
| 썩다 (past tense) |
to be rotten |
| 짭짤하다 |
to be a little salty |
| 끓다 |
to boil/be boiling |
| 쓰다 |
to be bitter |
| 싱겁다 |
to be bland |
| 차갑다 |
to be cold |
| 얼큰하다 |
to be cold (used for broth) |
| 뜨거워지다 |
to become hot |
| 기름지다 |
to be fatty, greasy, or oily |
| 구수하다 |
to be fermented and stinky |
| 신선하다 |
to be fresh |
| 볶이다 |
to be fried, roasted, parbroiled |
| 새럽다 |
to be new and fresh |
| 고소하다 |
to be nutty |
| 느끼하다 |
to be oily and greasy |
| 말랑하다 |
to be soft, tender, and ripe |
| 부드럽다 |
to be soft to the touch |
| 시큼하다 |
to be sour |
| 달콤하다 |
to be sweet |
| 상하다 |
to go bad, spoil, sour, rotten, become stale |
Taste/Smell/Feeling Words
Nouns (Nominalized)
| 맛 |
taste |
| 떫은 맛 |
puckery taste |
| 쓴 맛 |
bitter taste |
| 짠 맛 |
salty taste |
| 신 맛 |
sour taste |
| 얼큰한 맛 |
spicy, hot taste |
| 매운 맛 |
spicy taste |
| 단 맛 |
sweet taste |
Adjectives
| 떫다 |
bitter, sour, rough-tasting |
| 새콤하다 |
to be a bit sour and fresh |
| 얼큰하다 |
to be a bit spicy enough to feel tingly in one’s mouth |
| 쓰다 |
to be bitter (coffee) |
| 씁쓸하다 |
to be bitterish, a bit bitter (dark chocolate) |
| 쌉쌀하다 |
to be bitterish, slightly bitter |
| 싱겁다 |
to be bland, flat, not salty enough |
| 진짜 맛있다 |
to be delicious |
| 구수하다 |
to be earthy-smelling / tasting (된장찌개) |
| 비리다 |
to be fishy, smell fishy |
| 맵다 |
to be hot, spicy |
| 담백하다 |
to be light, clean, plain |
| 맛없다 |
to be not good (literally: lacking taste) |
| 매콤하다 |
to be pleasantly hot, spicy (떡볶이) |
| 달짝지근하다 |
to be rather sweet, sweetish |
| 시원하다, 개운하다 |
to be refreshing |
| 짭조름하다 |
to be salty (good feeling) |
| 짭잘하다 |
to be savory, salty (pringles) |
| 시큼하다 |
to be somewhat sour, tart, acidic |
| 시다 |
to be sour, tart, acidic, vinegary |
| 달다 |
to be sweet |
| 상큼하다 |
to be sweet and cool, refreshing (lemonade / orange juice) |
| 달콤하다 |
to be sweet (chocolate) |
| 달달하다 |
to be sweet (sugared water, etc) |
| 칼칼하다 |
to be thirsty, dry, parched |
| 느끼하다 |
to be too fatty, greasy, oily, rich, nauseating |
| 짜다 |
to be too salty |
| 고소하다 |
to have a nutty flavor (smell or taste of roasted sesame newly-baked bread) |
| 맛있다 |
to taste good, be tasty (literally: to have taste) |
Counter Words
| 조각 |
a slice (pizza/pie), a piece (of something) |
| 병 |
bottles |
| 그릇, 볼 |
bowls |
| 장, 컵 |
cups |
| 통 |
plastic bottles |
| 인분 |
servings, portions |
Korean Food Names
| 김치 |
Kimchi, made by salting vegetables such as napa cabbages, white radishes, etc., and seasoning and fermenting them. |
| 겉절이 |
Fresh Kimchi |
| 깍두기 |
Kimchi made of salt-pickled radish chopped in small cubes mixed with seasonings such as red pepper powder, etc. |
| 나박김치 |
Chilled Water Kimchi, made by cutting slices of radishes in square shapes, salting them, adding chopped vegetables and spices, and finally soaking all these ingredients in seasoned water. |
| 배추김치 |
Kimchi made with napa cabbages. |
| 백김치 |
White Kimchi, made without chili pepper. |
| 보쌈김치 |
Wrapped Kimchi, made by seasoning radishes, vegetables, etc., sliced in fixed sizes, and wrapping them with a large napa cabbage leaf. |
| 오이소박이 |
Cucumber Kimchi, made by cutting cucumbers twice lengthwise, leaving one end uncut, and then stuffing them with chopped chives and onions seasoned with chopped scallions, minced garlic, red pepper, etc. |
| 두부김치 |
Tofu with Stir-Fried Kimchi |
| 밥 |
Cooked White Rice |
| 콩밥 |
Rice with beans |
| 김밥 |
Dried Seaweed Rolls, made by rolling rice and various other ingredients in dried laver seaweed and cutting them into bite-size slices. |
| 김치볶음밥 |
Kimchi fried rice, made by stir-frying chopped kimchi, meat, vegetables, etc., with rice. |
| 돌솥비빔밥 |
Stone Pot Bibimbap. Bibimbap served in a sizziling-hot earthenware bowl. |
| 불고기덮밥 |
Bulgogi with Rice |
| 비빔밥 |
Rice topped with sliced meat, mushrooms, eggs, seasoned vegetables, some seasonings, etc., of which all the ingredients are stirred before eating. |
| 산채비빔밥 |
Mountain Vegetable Bibimbap |
| 쌈밥 |
Leaf wraps and rice, eaten after wrapping rice, several side dishes, and ssamjang, condiments, on a leaf of lettuce, sesame, etc. |
| 영양돌솥밥 |
Nutritious Stone Pot Rice |
| 오징어덮밥 |
Spicy Sautéed Squid with Rice |
| 콩나물국밥 |
Bean Sprout Soup with Rice |
| 볶음 |
Stir-fried dish |
| 낙지볶음 |
Stir-Fried Octopus |
| 오징어볶음 |
Stir-Fried Squid |
| 제육볶음 |
Stir-Fried Pork |
| 죽 |
Porridge |
| 잣죽 |
Pine Nut Porridge |
| 전복죽 |
Rice Porridge with Abalone |
| 호박죽 |
Pumpkin Porridge |
| 흑임자죽 |
Black Sesame and Rice Porridge |
| 찌개 |
Korean stew made by putting tofu, vegetables, etc., in a small amount of broth with soybean or red pepper paste, and then boiling it with some spices or seasonings to taste a little salty. |
| 김치찌개 |
Kimchi Stew |
| 된장찌개 |
Soybean Paste Stew |
| 부대찌개 |
Spicy Sausage Stew |
| 순두부찌개 |
Spicy Soft Tofu Stew |
| 청국장찌개 |
Rich Soybean Paste Stew |
| 해물순두부찌개 |
Seafood Soft Tofu Stew |
|Word |Meaning| |—|—|| |탕 |Soup| |삼계탕 |Ginseng Chicken Soup| |보신탕 |Dog soup| |갈비탕 |Short Rib Soup| |감자탕 |Pork-on-the-Bone Soup with Potatoes| |곰탕 |Thick Beef Bone Soup| |매운탕 |Spicy Fish Soup| |설렁탕 |Ox Bone Soup| |우거지갈비탕 |Cabbage and Short Rib Soup| |육개장 |Spicy Beef Soup| |해물탕 |Spicy Seafood Soup|
| 국 |
Soup |
| 떡국 |
Sliced Rice Cake Soup |
| 미역국 |
Seaweed Soup |
| 된장국 |
Soybean Paste Soup |
| 떡만둣국 |
Rice cake and Mandu Soup |
| 만둣국 |
Mandu Soup |
| 북엇국 |
Dried Pollock Soup |
| 전골 |
Hot Pot, food made by putting meat, mushroom, seafood, seasoning, |
| etc., in a stew pot, adding broth, and boiling it. |
|
| 곱창전골 |
Spicy Beef Tripe Hot Pot |
| 국수전골 |
Noodles Hot Pot |
| 두부전골 |
Tofu Hot Pot |
| 만두전골 |
Mandu Hot Pot |
| 불낙전골 |
Bulgogi and Octopus Hot Pot |
| 신선로 |
Royal Hot Pot |
| 찜 / 조림 |
Steamed, Braised dish |
| 아귀찜 |
Spicy Angler Fish with Soybean Sprouts |
| 해물찜 |
Braised Seafood |
| 갈비찜 |
Braised Short Ribs |
| 찜닭 |
Braised Chili Chicken |
| 갈치조림 |
Braised Cutlassfish |
| 고등어조림 |
Braised Mackerel |
| 두부조림 |
Braised Pan-Fried Tofu |
| 은대구조림 |
Braised Cod |
| 국수 / 면 |
Noodles, made by kneading wheat flour, buckwheat, potatoes, etc. and cutting the dough into long thin strips with a knife, machine, or by hand, or a dish made by boiling this. |
| 냉면 |
Cold noodles |
| 물냉면 |
Chilled Buckwheat Noodle Soup |
| 비빔냉면 |
Spicy Mixed Buckwheat Noodles |
| 자장면 |
Black bean noodles |
| 잡채 |
sweet potatoe noodles |
| 신라면 |
Shin Ramen |
| 비빔국수 |
Spicy Mixed Noodles |
| 수제비 |
Sujebi (Korean Style Pasta Soup) |
| 잔치국수 |
Banquet Noodles |
| 쟁반국수 |
Jumbo Sized Buckwheat Noodles |
| 칼국수 |
Noodle Soup |
| 고기 |
Meat |
| 삼겹살 |
pork belly meat: A fleshy part of a pork belly, featuring three layers of fat and flesh, grilled pork belly, a Korea dish made from the meat. |
| 갈비 |
Ribs |
| 불고기 |
Bulgogi |
| 오삼고기 |
Combination of 오징어 and 삼겹살 meat |
| 닭발 |
Chicken feet |
| 물고기 |
fish |
| 조기 |
yellow corvina (popular in Korea - the fish is fried whole) |
| 고등어 |
mackerel (also fried whole) |
| 참치 |
tuna |
| 멸치 |
anchovy (popular side dish) |
| 구이 |
Grilled |
| 곱창구이 |
Grilled Beef Tripe |
| 더덕구이 |
Grilled Deodeok |
| 돼지갈비구이 |
Grilled Spareribs |
| 생선구이 |
Grilled Fish |
| 소갈비구이 |
Grilled Beef Ribs |
| 오리구이 |
Grilled Duck |
| 황태구이 |
Seasoned and Grilled Dried Pollock |
| -채 |
Platter |
| 잡채 |
Noodles with Sautéed Vegetables |
| 탕평채 |
Mung Bean Jelly Mixed with Vegetables and Beef |
| 해파리냉채 |
Jellyfish Platter |
| 만두 |
dumpling |
| 만두소 |
dumpling filling/stuffing |
| 만두피 |
dumpling skin |
| 군만두 |
fried dumpling |
| 물만두 |
boiled dumpling |
| 찐만두 |
steamed dumpling |
Other Food
| 순대 |
Korean blood sausage, made by steaming seasoned sweet potato, noodles, tofu, glutinous rice, etc. which are stuffed into a pig’s intestine |
| 샌드위치 |
sandwhich |
| 감자 튀김 |
french fries, chips |
| 도넛 |
doughnut |
| 피자 |
pizza |
| 두부 |
tofu |
| 파스타 |
pasta |
| 라면 |
instant noodles (ramen) |
| 쿠키 |
cookie |
| 비스킷 |
biscuit |
| 케이크 |
cake |
| 아이스크림 |
ice cream |