Korean City Vocabulary Flashcards: 29 Cards with Audio and Notes

Korean City Vocabulary Flashcards: Study the 29 Cards

The cards start with everyday services (cards 1 to 4: 은행, 병원, 약국, 편의점), then public buildings (5 to 8), places to relax and shop (9 to 16), local shops and sights (17 to 20), street words (21 to 27) and mail words (28 to 29).

How Do I Use These Flashcards?

Use the deck above in four steps. It works with tap, click or keyboard, and nothing plays until you press an audio button.

1. Choose a mode. Start with recognition (Hangul to meaning). Switch to recall (meaning to Hangul) or listening (audio to meaning) once recognition feels easy.
2. Show the answer. Think of the answer first, then press Show answer (or Space). Turn on the romanization toggle only if you need it; the table below always shows it.
3. Grade yourself. Press Got it if you answered correctly without help, or Not yet if you hesitated or guessed.
4. Finish the session. A session holds up to 20 cards (you can set 10, 20 or 40). With 29 cards, a first-time learner should expect about 3 days at the default limit of 10 new cards a day, with review sessions on top.

The Three Study Modes

Recognition shows the Hangul and asks for the meaning, so with the first card it shows 은행 and you answer "bank". Recall reverses this: it shows the meaning and asks for the Hangul, and you may type the answer with your Hangul keyboard or just say it in your head. Listening plays a clip and hides the letters, which trains the ear. Listening mode only uses a card once its audio is approved, and cards without approved audio are skipped in that mode with a note. Recall mode helps here, because you must say which place goes with an English description.

Got It and Not Yet

Got it moves a card up one Leitner box, so it comes back later. Not yet sends the card back to box 1, so it returns in the same session or within 10 minutes. The grades are your own judgement; the deck does not score you or claim fluency.

Deck Scope: What Is and Is Not Covered

The deck covers places you find around a Korean town and street-level words. Public transport is in the transportation deck, and shops and prices are in the shopping deck. The words and letters on these cards are explained in the korean city vocabulary lesson, so read it first if a card is new.

What This Deck Leaves Out

Buses, the subway and taxis are in the transportation vocabulary flashcards, and time words are in the time expressions flashcards. Shops, prices and payment words are in the shopping lessons.

All 29 Cards in One Table

All 29 cards appear below in deck order. The table is plain HTML, so you can use it as a drill without the deck: cover the Meaning column, read each word aloud, then uncover it.

Reading the Table

Hangul is the word. Revised Romanization (RR) is a learning aid, so read the Hangul first. RR follows sound changes between letters, which is why 박물관 is written bangmulgwan. The Meaning column gives the English gloss, and the Note column gives a use or sound hint. A second ID in the last column marks a slow clip.

Usage Notes for These Cards

Going to a place uses 에 가다. 은행에 가요 means I go to the bank.

Doing something at a place uses 에서. 도서관에서 공부해요 means I study at the library.

Suffixes help you guess. Words ending in 집 name a shop, as in 빵집 (bakery) or 꽃집 (flower shop), and 관 (館) marks a hall or building, as in 박물관 or 영화관.

Ask where a place is with 어디에 있어요? 우체국이 어디에 있어요? means Where is the post office?

Crossing a street. Cross a street with 길을 건너다: 횡단보도에서 길을 건너요 (I cross at the crosswalk).

Which Sounds Do Not Match the Spelling?

박물관 is said [방물관]: the ㄱ before ㅁ becomes ㅇ (nasalization). Revised Romanization writes bangmulgwan.

빵집 is said [빵찝]: it is a compound of 빵 and 집, and the ㅈ at the join is tensified, as in many compounds. Revised Romanization writes ppangjip.

학교 is said [학꾜]: the ㄱ after a ㄱ final is tensified. Revised Romanization writes hakgyo.

What Mistakes Do Learners Make with City Words?

• Using 에서 with 가다. Say 은행에 가요, not 은행에서 가요.
• Saying 도서관에 공부하다. Use 도서관에서 공부하다.
• Mixing up 길 and 거리. 길 is a road or way, 거리 is a street.
• Reading 절 as only temple. 절 is a Buddhist temple, and it also means a bow.

Most of these slips involve the particles 에 and 에서, so say each example aloud when you answer a card.

How Does the Review Schedule Work?

The deck uses a simplified Leitner system with five boxes. A new card starts in box 1. Each Got it moves it up one box, and each Not yet returns it to box 1. The box sets how long the card waits before it is due again.

Each session shows due cards first, oldest due first, and then new cards up to the daily limit, which is 10 by default. A deck of 29 cards is introduced in about three days at the default of 10 new cards a day, and the later boxes bring each place back at longer gaps. Progress is saved only in this browser, so clearing site data deletes it. Use the export button to save a small JSON file with card IDs, boxes and due dates, and import it on another device. The file holds no personal data.

Cultural and Practical Context

Open-all-hours convenience stores are fixtures on Korean streets, and the 동네 (neighborhood) with its own bakery, pharmacy and cafe is a common frame for everyday life. Many people describe where they live by naming the nearest 지하철역 or landmark, so place words appear in directions and small talk.

Limits of This Deck

The deck holds 29 cards, a starting set rather than a city dictionary. It has no transport words, shops beyond a few, or direction words such as 왼쪽. The remark about stores that stay open all day is a general statement. 절 is a homograph (temple, bow). The Korean text on this page is generated and was reviewed and signed off by Min-ji Park on 15 October 2026.

Next Steps after This Deck

This deck is one of the korean vocabulary flashcards on the site, so browse the full list if you want a different topic. When these cards feel easy, move on to korean transportation vocabulary flashcards to keep the same routine. For a related topic, try korean time expressions flashcards. After a session, write the same words by hand with the korean places vocabulary worksheet. All flashcard decks, including Hangul, vocabulary, phrases, grammar and TOPIK, are listed on the Korean flashcards hub.

Frequently Asked Questions

What Is the Difference between 길 and 거리?

길 is a road or way, 거리 is a street, often a busy one. 길 also means the way to somewhere, as in 길을 잃었어요 (I got lost). 거리 can also mean distance.

Is 절 Only Temple?

절 is a Buddhist temple, and it also means a bow. Context decides which is meant. The temple sense is the one in this deck, and the bow sense appears in phrases like 절을 하다.

How Do I Say Next To?

옆에, as in 은행 옆에 있어요 (It is next to the bank). 옆 is the side and 에 marks the location, so 옆에 is next to. Add 있어요 to say where something is.

Why Do Some Places End in 소?

소 marks an office or station, such as 주유소 (gas station). It is not on this deck, but you will see it in names of places that provide a service.

Is My Progress Saved If I Close the Page?

Yes, in the same browser on the same device. Card boxes and due dates are stored locally and nothing is sent to a server. Clearing site data, using a private window or switching browsers removes them, so use the export button to keep a backup file. No account is needed.