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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.

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Essential Emergency Phrases in Korean

Sorted by usefulness. Phonetic pronunciation included.

๋„์™€์ฃผ์„ธ์š”

doh-wah-joo-seh-yo

Help me please

์•„ํŒŒ์š”

ah-pah-yo

It hurts / I'm in pain

๋ณ‘์›

byung-won

Hospital

์•ฝ๊ตญ

yahk-gook

Pharmacy

์•ฝ

yahk

Medicine

์˜์‚ฌ

wee-sah

Doctor

๊ฒฝ์ฐฐ

gyung-chahl

Police

์˜์–ด ํ•  ์ˆ˜ ์žˆ์–ด์š”?

yung-uh hahl soo ee-ssuh-yo

Do you speak English?

๋ฐฐํƒˆ

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

์ฃ„์†กํ•ฉ๋‹ˆ๋‹ค! ์ง€๊ฐ‘์ด ๋„๋‘‘๋งž์•˜์–ด์š”!

jweh-sohng-hahm-nee-dah jee-gahp-ee doh-dwohk-maht-ahs-oh-oo

Help! My wallet was stolen!

Them

What happened?!

์–ด๋จธ! ์–ด๋–ป๊ฒŒ ๋์–ด์š”?!

oh-moh oh-ttohh-gay dways-oh-oo

Oh my! What happened?!

You

์—ฌ๊ถŒ๋„ ์žƒ์–ด๋ฒ„๋ ธ์–ด์š”

yoh-gwayn-doh eel-oh-boh-ryohs-oh-oo

I lost my passport too

You

๊ฒฝ์ฐฐ ์‹ ๊ณ ์„œ ํ•„์š”ํ•ด์š”

gyohng-chahl seen-goh-soh peel-oo-heh-oo

I need a police report

Them

The police station is over there

๊ฒฝ์ฐฐ์„œ๋Š” ์ €๊ธฐ์˜ˆ์š”

gyohng-chahl-soh-nween joh-gee-yay-oo

The police station is over there

You

๋„์™€ ์ฃผ์‹œ๊ฒ ์–ด์š”?

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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