Korean-English Dictionary 17000

This book is ideal for learners of Korean as a second language who want to communicate more effectively and also for learners of English who know Korean.

This book lists approximately 17,000 core Korean words with English equivalents. Main entries are in Hangul (Korean alphabet) alphabetically with Chinese characters, if any, followed by parts of speech label. Next, in the same line, the entry’s English equivalents followed by standard American pronunciation.  Foreign words except from China are italicized.

Also for learners of English, the words are divided into two different levels of ESL (English as a Second Language) so that learners can learn vocabulary according to their levels. Level 1 (for elementary, middle, and high school) is written in red, and level 2 (for university and above) is written in black. 

[Sample]


검사 (檢査)  [명] inspection  [inspekʃən]; checkup  [tʃekəp] 

검사 (檢事)  [명] prosecutor  [prasəkyu:tər]

검사관  [명] inspector  [inspektər]

검사원  [명] examiner  [igzæmənər] 

검사하다  [동] inspect  [inspekt]

검소한  [형] modest  [madəst]; frugal  [fru:gəl]; provident  [pravədənt]

랩톱  [명] laptop  [læptap]


Korean is written with two different scripts: Hangul and Hanja (Chinese character).  While Hangul is mostly used, Chinese characters must be used in order to clarify meaning and almost 80% of Korean language derives from Chinese characters.