Korean Words 201 to 300: Ranked List with Romanization and Audio

Korean Words 201 to 300 at a Glance

This page holds 100 words in five groups of 20. The numbers show a suggested study order, which is an editorial judgement and not a corpus count. The words build on Korean words 101 to 200 and do not repeat a word from the top 100, from that list or from the later units. Two nouns learners often expect here, 방 (room) and 돈 (money), are not on the page because they are already words 61 and 74 of the top 100.

Of the 100 words, 58 are Sino-Korean, 36 are native Korean, 4 are loanwords and 2 mix two sources. That is a bigger Sino-Korean share than in the previous 100 words (50) and in the top 100 (28). The reason is the Work and money group: 19 of its 20 words are Sino-Korean, because bank and office terms are built from Chinese-derived syllables. The reverse is true for the body: 15 of its 20 words are native. A native word is one that existed in Korean before the Chinese-derived vocabulary arrived, and body parts, homes and small daily jobs are where such words survive.

The list covers nouns, with a set of connecting words at the end. Verbs are on the 100 Korean verbs page, and if Hangul still feels slow, practise first with reading Hangul. Next comes the question of order.

Which Words Ranked 201 to 300 Should You Learn First?

Start with the words that unlock the most everyday conversation. These ten each belong to a different group, so after one session you can already talk about family, work, travel and health.

Home and Family: Words 201 to 220

This group mixes family members with rooms and chores. Family words depend on who is speaking and on which side of the family the person is on, so learn them in pairs: 남동생 and 여동생 (younger brother and younger sister) are the same for everyone, and 이모 (mother's sister) and 삼촌 (father's younger brother) name the family side. 할머니 and 할아버지 are also what you call any older person with respect.

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Example Sentences

Listen to these four sentences, then say them yourself. They show the honorific verbs 계세요 (is) and 사세요 (lives) for respected people, and plain polite verbs for living and cooking.

How Do You Say Work and Money in Korean?

19 of the 20 words here are Sino-Korean; the exception is the loanword 보너스. Bank words come in a trio you should learn together: 입금 (money in), 출금 (money out) and 송금 (money sent to someone). The table below the list sorts them out. The work words (회사원, 승진, 출장, 동료, 야근) cover a normal working week, and the money words (세금, 수입, 지출, 월세) cover a monthly budget.

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All three are Sino-Korean nouns that take 하다 to make a verb, so the polite present of each is the noun plus 해요: 입금해요, 출금해요, 송금해요. For more on that pattern, see Korean hada verbs explained.

Transport and Places: Words 241 to 260

Most of these are Sino-Korean nouns for the street and the transit system: 정류장 (stop), 신호등 (traffic light), 횡단보도 (crosswalk), 주차장 (parking lot), 출구 (exit). 교통카드 (transit card) and 환승 (transfer) appear on every trip, and 택배, 소포 and 우표 are the nouns for sending things by post. For the verbs that go with these nouns, such as 타다 and 내리다, read Korean transport verbs, and for more nouns see Korean transportation vocabulary.

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How Do You Say Body and Health in Korean?

Body words are mostly native Korean and short: 귀, 코, 입, 목, 팔, 발, 몸. Health words are Sino-Korean: 건강, 약국, 감기, 두통. To say that a part hurts, use the pattern body part + 이/가 + 아파요: 머리가 아파요 (my head hurts), 목이 아파요 (my throat hurts).

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The nouns for eye (눈), hand (손) and belly (배) are already in the top 100, so they are not repeated here. Together with this group they cover the whole body. The phrase for catching a cold, 감기에 걸리다, is explained in Korean verb phrases.

Connectors and Adverbs: Words 281 to 300

A connector joins two sentences or two ideas. The list holds a contrast word (그렇지만), result and reason words (그러니까, 그럼, 왜냐하면, 따라서), addition and restating words (게다가, 또한, 즉), a choice word (또는), attitude words (물론, 사실, 혹시) and time words (이제, 아까, 잠시, 이따가, 한참, 금방, 오래, 계속). The common contrast words 하지만 and 그러나 are in Korean words 401 to 500.

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The connectors usually start a sentence, and they stay in front of the sentence they introduce. 왜냐하면 opens an explanation. In careful writing the explanation ends with -기 때문이에요, which is beyond this list; in speech, a plain polite sentence follows, as in the example above, and people often use 그래서 or the ending -어서 instead.

How Do You Pronounce These Words?

Press the play button to hear each word, then repeat it before you read the romanization. Revised Romanization follows the sound of a word and writes tense consonants only where the spelling has them, so it does not show the tensing caused by a neighbouring sound. The words below change when spoken. They are the ones to hear first.

Notice that 출금 and 출장 look alike but behave differently: 출금 keeps a plain ㄱ, and 출장 tenses the ㅈ. The tensing rule for Sino-Korean words with a final ㄹ only applies before ㄷ, ㅅ and ㅈ. The standard pronunciation rules (표준 발음법) of the 국립국어원 set this out in Article 26.

Audio and Slow Playback

Each headword and each example sentence has its own clip. Nothing plays until you press a button. For the sound-change words in the table, listen twice: once to hear the word, and once while reading the Said column.

What Mistakes Do Learners Make with Words Ranked 201 to 300?

• Hearing 다리 as one word. 다리 means leg and bridge, and both are the same sound. The verb tells you which: 다리를 다쳤어요 (I hurt my leg) and 다리를 건너요 (I cross the bridge).
• Treating 거리 and 약 as single-meaning words. 거리 is a street and a distance, and 약 is medicine and, before a number, "about" (약 열 명, about ten people).
• Mixing up 세금 and 수수료. 세금 is a tax that the state collects, and 수수료 is a fee that a bank or a shop charges.
• Mixing 입금, 출금 and 송금. 입금 is money in, 출금 is money out, and 송금 is money sent to someone else. Check the direction of the money before you pick.
• Using 따라서 and 즉 in speech. Both are formal and written. In conversation, say 그래서 for "so" and 그러니까 for "I mean".
• Swapping 그러니까 and 그래서. 그래서 reports a result: 비가 와요. 그래서 집에 있어요. 그러니까 gives a reason that leads to a request or suggestion: 비가 와요. 그러니까 우산을 가져가세요.

Practice: Flashcards and Worksheet

A deck of 20 cards covers the words that matter most. The table and the deck hold the same cards, so you can drill on screen or on paper.

Find more decks in the vocabulary flashcard decks. For writing practice, the vocabulary worksheets page lists the printable sheets. The sheet for this unit asks you to label a blank scene with the words from the Home and family and Transport groups.

Test yourself with eight questions.

Where to Go Next

This list sits inside Top 500 Korean Words. The previous unit is Korean words 101 to 200. When these 100 words feel easy, continue with Korean words 301 to 400. The verbs that belong with these nouns are on 100 Korean verbs.

What this page does not cover. It does not list verbs, the counters for people and objects, or the full set of kinship terms. It does not give a frequency count from a corpus.

About this page. Last updated 2026-10-09. The Korean text and example sentences were drafted with AI assistance and cross-checked with the site's rule-based conjugation engine; a Korean reviewer checks every lesson before it is marked as reviewed.

Frequently Asked Questions

What Are Korean Words 201 to 300?

They are the third set of 100 core words in the Top 500 Korean Words series. This set covers home and family, work and money, transport and places, body and health, and connectors with time adverbs, and it builds on words 101 to 200.

Why Are 방 and 돈 Not in This List?

방 (room) and 돈 (money) are words 61 and 74 in the top 100 Korean words, and this list does not repeat a word from the top 100 or from words 301 to 500. A new home word to learn first is 부모님, and a new money word is 월세.

How Do You Say Bus in Korean?

Say 버스 (beoseu). It is a loanword, and you ride it with 타다: 버스를 타요. For the verbs that go with transport nouns, see the transport verbs lesson.

What Is the Difference between 입금, 출금 and 송금?

입금 is paying money into an account (a deposit), 출금 is taking money out (a withdrawal), and 송금 is sending money to another person (a transfer). All three are Sino-Korean nouns and take 하다 to make a verb.

How Many of These Words Are Sino-Korean?

58 of the 100 words are Sino-Korean, 36 are native Korean, 4 are loanwords and 2 mix two sources. 19 of the 20 Work and money words are Sino-Korean, while 15 of the 20 body words are native.

Is 다리 a Leg or a Bridge?

Both. 다리 is one sound with two meanings, and the verb or the situation decides: 다리를 다쳤어요. means I hurt my leg, and 다리를 건너요 means I cross the bridge. The word pages show each meaning separately.

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