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Kitchen words in Korean

Last updated July 7, 2026 · 4 min read

40 kitchen words in Korean

Hangul first, then revised romanization, then the English word. These are the objects a real kitchen actually has — not a vocabulary unit's idea of one.

Phrases you can actually say

Vocabulary sits there until you use it in a sentence. Here are eight short phrases built from the words above — the kind you'd actually say standing in a kitchen.

• 컵 주세요. Keop juseyo. — Please give me a cup.
• 물 좀 주세요. Mul jom juseyo. — Please give me some water.
• 냉장고에 우유가 있어요. Naengjanggo-e uyuga isseoyo. — There's milk in the refrigerator.
• 이 그릇은 제 거예요. I geureuseun je geoyeyo. — This bowl is mine.
• 숟가락이 어디 있어요? Sutgarak-i eodi isseoyo? — Where is the spoon?
• 계란 두 개 주세요. Gyeran du gae juseyo. — Please give me two eggs.
• 빵이 맛있어요. Ppang-i masisseoyo. — The bread is delicious.
• 소금 좀 건네주세요. Sogeum jom geonnejuseyo. — Please pass the salt.

Catch them instead of memorizing them

A list like this one gets you started, but it fades the same way any list does — you read it once, feel good, and forget half of it by the weekend. The words that survive are the ones tied to something you actually touched. That's the idea behind CatchFrase: point your camera at your own cup, your own refrigerator, your own bag of rice, and it names the object in Korean with hangul, romanization, and a spoken pronunciation — attached to the real thing, not a row in a table.

Each catch also becomes a sticker card in your gallery, comes with a short example sentence you can tap through word by word, and gets scheduled for review with spaced repetition so it comes back right before you'd forget it. You can say the word out loud and CatchFrase shows your speech transcribed live, so you know 그릇 came out right and not something close to it.

Here's the honest version of the math: the free tier gives you 10 catches a day, so working through everything on this page — all 40 words — takes about four days if you photograph one kitchen item at a time between meals. That's not a knock on the free tier; it's enough to fully catch a kitchen. CatchFrase Plus removes the daily limit if you'd rather do it in one sitting.

Common questions

Do I need to know hangul to use this list?

No. Every word here has romanization next to it, so you can start saying words out loud immediately. Hangul itself is a fast alphabet to pick up — most people learn the shapes in a weekend.

Is this standard Korean, or a regional dialect?

Standard Korean, the form used in Seoul and taught in courses and media across South Korea. CatchFrase does not currently offer regional Korean dialect variants.

How long would it take to catch all 40 of these words?

On the CatchFrase free tier (10 catches a day), photographing all 40 kitchen words takes about four days. CatchFrase Plus removes the daily catch limit.