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Korean Emergency Phrases
Help, health, pharmacy. 12+ essential phrases with phonetic pronunciation and 3 full conversation flows for emergency situations in South Korea.
Start learning freeEssential Emergency Phrases in Korean
Sorted by usefulness. Phonetic pronunciation included.
๋์์ฃผ์ธ์
doh-wah-joo-seh-yo
Help me please
์ํ์
ah-pah-yo
It hurts / I'm in pain
๋ณ์
byung-won
Hospital
์ฝ๊ตญ
yahk-gook
Pharmacy
์ฝ
yahk
Medicine
์์ฌ
wee-sah
Doctor
๊ฒฝ์ฐฐ
gyung-chahl
Police
์์ด ํ ์ ์์ด์?
yung-uh hahl soo ee-ssuh-yo
Do you speak English?
๋ฐฐํ
beh-tahl
Stomachache / Upset stomach
112
eel-eel-ee
Police emergency number
119
eel-eel-goo
Fire/ambulance emergency number
๋ํต
doo-tohng
Headache
...and 75 more emergency phrases in the app.
Sample: Lost or stolen items
A real emergency conversation in Korean -- both sides of the interaction.
You
์ฃ์กํฉ๋๋ค! ์ง๊ฐ์ด ๋๋๋ง์์ด์!
jweh-sohng-hahm-nee-dah jee-gahp-ee doh-dwohk-maht-ahs-oh-oo
Help! My wallet was stolen!
Them
What happened?!
์ด๋จธ! ์ด๋ป๊ฒ ๋์ด์?!
oh-moh oh-ttohh-gay dways-oh-oo
Oh my! What happened?!
You
์ฌ๊ถ๋ ์์ด๋ฒ๋ ธ์ด์
yoh-gwayn-doh eel-oh-boh-ryohs-oh-oo
I lost my passport too
You
๊ฒฝ์ฐฐ ์ ๊ณ ์ ํ์ํด์
gyohng-chahl seen-goh-soh peel-oo-heh-oo
I need a police report
Them
The police station is over there
๊ฒฝ์ฐฐ์๋ ์ ๊ธฐ์์
gyohng-chahl-soh-nween joh-gee-yay-oo
The police station is over there
You
๋์ ์ฃผ์๊ฒ ์ด์?
doh-wah jwoh-see-gays-oh-oo
Can you help me please?
3 emergency conversations available in the app.
FAQ
What happens when they answer back at the emergency in South Korea?
That's the hard part -- and exactly what TalkThere prepares you for. Each of the 3 emergency conversations shows you the full back-and-forth: what you say, what they'll likely respond, and how to keep going. You won't freeze when they answer in Korean.
Is this enough to get by at a emergency in South Korea?
Yes. These are the 12+ phrases that actually come up in real emergency interactions -- not textbook phrases. Sorted by how often you'll need them, with pronunciation you can read at a glance.
Do I need to learn Korean script to use this?
No. Every Korean phrase has phonetic pronunciation written in plain English. You read it like English and say it out loud. The script is there for reference, but you don't need it.
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