Emergency Word List

Ambulance g(k)oo-guuhp-chah

bleeding pee-nah-yoh

breathless (not breathing) soom-ah-moht-sae-oh

choking soom-mahk-hee-dah

doctor uuhee-sah

food poisoning s(sh)eek-joong-d(t)ohk

headache d(t)oo-tohng

heart sheem-jahng

heart failure sheem-jahng-mah-bee

help d(t)oh-ah-choo-sae-oh

hospital b(p)yuhng-wuhn

injured d(t)ah-chee-dah

medicine yahk

pain g(k)oh-tohng

painful ah-puuhn

painkiller j(ch)een-tohng-jeh

pharmacy yahk-gook

poison d(t)ohk-yahk

sick mah-nee-ah-puuh-yoh

unconscious moo-uuhee-sheek

urgent g(k)een-guuhp-hahn
Public Places

airport gong-hang g(k)ohng-hahng bank eun-haeng uuhn-haeng downtown beon-hwa-ga b(p)uhn-hwah-gah hotel hotel hoh-tehl immigration office cheul-ip-
guk-gwalri-so chuul-eep-gook-gwahl-ree-soh market (small store) sik-pum-jeom s(sh)eek-poom-juhm money changer hwan-jeon-sang hwahn-juhn-sahng police
station gyeong-chal-seo g(k)yuhng-chahl-suh post office u-che-guk oo-cheh-gook restaurant eum-sik-jeom uuhm-s(sh)eek-juhm subway ji-ha-cheol j(ch)ee-hah-
chuhl taxi stop taek-si stap taek-s(sh)ee stahp train station gi-cha-yeok-jeon g(k)ee-chah-yuhk-juhn travel agency yo-haeng-sa yoh-haeng-sah

Basic Travel Phrases

Excuse me: Chae-song-ham-ni-da (Chae-sohng-hahm-nee-dah) Where is ______? (Fill in the blanks as appropriate.) ______ odi-ae-it-sum-nikka? (______ oh-
dee-ae-eet-soom-nee-kkah?) Sir, please go to ______. (Fill in the blanks as appropriate.) Adasi, ______ gap-si-da. (Ah-dah-shee, ______ g(k)ahp-shee-dah.) How
much is this? I-go alma-imnikka? (Ee-goh ahl-mah-eem-nee-kkah?) Where is the bathroom? Hwa-jang-sil eodi-ae-i-sum-nikka? (Hwah-jahng-s(sh)eel uhdee-ae-
ee-soom-nee-kkah?) Take me to these directions. (Provide written Korean directions.) I-yak-do dae-ro dae-ryo-da ju-sae-oh. Ee-yahk-doh d(t)ae-roh d(t)ae-ryoh-
dah j(ch)oo-sae-yoh. Thank you! – Kam-sa-hap-ni-da (Kahm-sah-hahp-nee-dah)