Here I am presenting a list of TOPIK vocabulary taken from the 2011 research paper by Angela Lee-Smith and Danielle Ooyoung Pyun – “An analysis of the Test of Proficiency in Korean (TOPIK) focusing on beginning-level vocabulary and grammar items”. This is a wonderful research paper and I think that the TOPIK Vocabulary list that it presents is a must have for all TOPIK beginner level aspirants. Please note the list covers only Grammar-Vocabulary (어휘-문법) section of TOPIK and not all the four sections.
This study investigated the structure and content of the beginning-level TOPIK by analyzing vocabulary and grammar items in previous TOPIK tests. A total of 17 TOPIK tests administered during 2003 to 2010 were collected for analysis. The analysis revealed that the beginning-level TOPIK follows a highly structured format and its vocabulary questions are presented within contextualized, meaningful sentences or discourse. The results also showed that the TOPIK involves approximately 700 vocabulary items and approximately 100 grammar items deemed necessary for beginner-level proficiency.
In this article I am presenting the vocabulary list only. I will list the TOPIK grammar patterns in a separate article. So below there is a comprehensive list of approx. 700 words that you must learn in order to get a good score in TOPIK. I am just giving the Korean words here and not their meanings. You will have to find them yourself. I will try to make another list with the meanings of the words soon. But It would be great if after finding all the meanings someone of you could send the list to TOPIK GUIDE. I will post it as a new article (with your name and photograph if you want) and that can be really useful for people in future. I will remind you again that this list covers only Grammar-Vocabulary (어휘-문법) section of TOPIK and not all the four sections.
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Nouns: 289 Words
가격, 가구, 가방, 가을, 가족, 값, 강, 거리, 걱정, 결혼식, 경주, 경험, 계절, 계획, 고민, 고양이, 고향, 곳, 공연, 공원, 공책, 공항, 과일, 과자, 관심, 교통사고, 구두, 구입, 그 림, 극장, 근처, 글자, 금년, 기간, 기분, 김치, 까만색, 꽃, 꽃집, 나라, 나무, 날, 날씨, 남 산, 내년, 내용, 내일, 냉면, 냉장고, 년, 노래, 누나, 눈물, 느낌, 다음, 다음달, 단어, 달, 댁, 도서관, 돈, 동대문, 동생, 뒤, 드라마, 등산, 등산화, 라디오, 러시아, 맞은편, 머 리, 모습, 모자, 무게, 문, 문구점, 문제, 문화, 물건, 미국, 밑, 바지, 박물관, 밖, 반(수업), 방, 방법, 방송국, 배, 배2, 배우, 백화점, 버스, 번호, 병원, 볼펜, 봄, 부모, 부모님, 부분, 부탁, 분위기, 불고기, 비, 비행기, 빵, 사과, 사람, 사무실, 사은품, 사전, 사진, 산, 색, 색깔, 생각, 생일, 생활, 서울, 서울역, 서점, 선물, 선생님, 설명, 설악산, 성격, 소개, 소식, 손, 손님, 수업, 수첩, 시간, 시계, 시장, 시청, 시험, 식당, 식사, 신문, 신발, 아기, 아래, 아버지, 아이스크림, 아저씨, 아주머니, 아침, 아침2, 아파트, 안, 안경, 안내, 앞, 야구, 약, 약국, 약속, 어머니, 어제, 얼굴, 옛날, 여자, 여행, 역사, 연락, 연필, 영수증, 영어, 영화, 옆, 오래간만, 오랜만, 오른쪽, 오후, 올해, 옷, 외국인, 요리사, 요즘, 우산, 우유, 운동, 웬일, 위, 유학, 은행, 음료수, 음식, 음악회, 의미, 의자, 이름, 이번, 이상, 인터넷, 일, 일본, 일본어, 일요일, 자동차, 자리, 자전거, 작년, 잡지, 장소, 저녁, 전자사전, 전화번호, 점심, 정리, 제주도, 졸업, 주, 주말, 주소, 주인, 준비, 중국, 지갑, 지난주, 지난해, 지하철, 집, 찻값, 창문, 책, 책상, 청소, 축구, 취미, 취직, 치마, 친구, 침대, 카메라, 캐나다, 커피, 컴퓨터, 큰형, 테니스장, 토요일, 통장, 파란 색, 파티, 편지, 평일, 포도, 표, 품목, 피아노, 필요, 하숙집, 학원, 한국, 한국말, 한국 어, 한복, 한식집, 할머니, 할아버지, 할인, 행사, 형, 호, 호선, 회사, 회사원, 회의, 후, 휴일, 희망, 힘
Counting Units: 16Words
개, 권, 대, 마리, 명, 번, 병, 분, 사람, 살, 송이, 인분, 잔, 장, 층, 통
Verbs: 168 Words
가다, 가져가다, 가지고 가다, 갈아타다, 감기에 걸리다, 갔다오다, 갖다, 걱정하다, 건너가다, 걸리다, 경험하다, 계획을 세우다, 계획하다, 고르다, 고장이 나다, 구경하다, 구하다, 그리다, 기다리다, 기억을 하다, 기억이 나다, 길이 막히다, 깎다, 꺼내다, 끄다, 끊다, 끝나다, 끝내다, 끼다, 나가다, 나오다, 내다(돈), 내리다, 넣다, 노래 부르다, 노래하다, 노력하다, 놀다, 농구하다, 눈물이 나다, 다녀오다, 다니다, 닫다, 대답하다, 도착하다, 돈이들다, 돌아오다, 되다, 드리다, 드시다, 듣다, 들다, 들어가다, 떠나다, 마시다, 마음에 들다, 마치다, 만나다, 만들다, 말씀 드리다, 말씀하시다, 말하다, 먹다, 모르다, 모으다, 모자라다, 목욕하다, 묻다, 물어보다, 받다, 밥 먹다, 배우다, 벗다, 보내다, 보다, 부르다, 부치다, 부탁하다, 빌려주다, 빌리다, 빼다, 사고가 나다, 사다, 사용하다, 사진을 찍다, 산책하다, 살다, 서다, 설거지하다, 설명하다, 소개하다, 수영하다, 쉬다, 시작되다, 시작하다, 시키다, 식사하다, 신다, 싫어하다, 쓰다, 쓰다(모자), 씻다, 앉다, 알다, 알아듣다, 어울리다, 여행하다, 연락하다, 연습하다, 열이나다, 예약하다, 오다, 오르다, 올라오다, 우산을쓰다, 운동하다, 운전하다, 웃다, 이사가다, 이사하다, 이야기하다, 이용하다, 이해하다, 일어나다, 읽다, 잃다, 잃어버리다, 입다, 잊다, 잘 되다, 잘하다, 잠이 오다, 잡수시다, 전하다, 전화(를) 걸다, 전화를 바꿔주다, 전화를 받다, 전화를 하다, 전화하다, 조심하다, 좋아하다, 주다, 주무시다, 주문하다, 준비하다, 지나다, 지내다, 질문하다, 짓다, 찾다, 찾아가다, 청소하다, 초대하다, 축구를 하다, 출발하다, 취직하다, 켜다, 콧물이 나다, 타다, 테니스 치다, 틀리다, 푹 자다, 피아노를 치다, 하다, 화나다, 회의하다
Adjectives: 72 Words
가볍다, 감사하다, 계시다, 고맙다, 공기가 맑다, 괜찮다, 기분이 좋다, 길다, 깊다, 깨끗하다, 나쁘다, 적다, 낮다, 넓다, 높다, 다르다, 더럽다, 덥다, 따뜻하다, 많다, 맑다, 맛없다, 맛있다, 멋있다, 무섭다, 미안하다, 반갑다, 밝다, 배가 고프다, 배가 부르다, 배고프다, 복잡하다, 부지런하다, 불편하다, 비슷하다, 비싸다, 새롭다, 쉽다, 슬프다, 싫다, 싸다, 아름답다, 아프다, 어둡다, 어리다, 없다, 예쁘다, 위험하다, 유명하다, 이상하다, 있다, 작다, 재미있다, 적다, 조용하다, 좁다, 좋다, 죄송하다, 중요하다, 즐겁다, 짧다, 춥다, 친절하다, 크다, 키가 크다, 편리하다, 편안하다, 편하다, 피곤하다, 필요하다, 한가하다, 힘들다
Adverbs: 74 Words
가까이, 가끔, 가장, 갑자기, 같이, 거의, 계속, 곧, 그냥, 금방, 꼭, 나중에, 날마다(날+마다)=매일, 너무, 늦게, 다, 더, 따로, 또, 똑바로, 마침내, 많이, 매우, 매일, 먼저, 모두, 못, 미리, 바로, 방금, 벌써, 별로, 보통, 빨리, 새로, 서로, 아까, 아마, 아주, 아직, 어서, 안, 언제나, 열심히, 오래, 오래간만에, 오랜만에, 요즘, 이따가, 이제, 일찍, 자주, 잘, 잠깐, 잠시, 전혀, 정말, 제일, 조금, 조용히, 좀, 지금, 직접, 참, 처음, 천천히, 크게, 별히, 특히, 푹, 함께, 항상, 혼자, 혼자서
Conjunction: 7 Words
그래서, 그러나, 그러니까, 그러면, 그럼, 그런데, 그리고
Question Words:11 Words
누구, 무엇, 뭐, 어디, 어떻게, 언제, 얼마나, 왜, 어느, 몇, 무슨
Numbers: 9 Words
세, 십삼, 십이, 아홉, 여섯, 열두, 열셋, 한, 스물/스무
Pronouns: 13 Words
거기, 그, 그것/그거, 아무, 여기, 여러분, 우리, 이, 이것/이거, 저, 저것/저거, 저기, 저희
Determiners: 11 Words
그, 네, 두, 새, 세, 스무, 아무, 여러, 이, 저, 한
Interjections: 5 Words
글쎄요, 네, 아니요, 여보세요, 예
I hope this list help you with your TOPIK preparation. All the Best from TOPIK GUIDE!
Dear Satish, Very useful study material. Nicely covering all the possible contents for TOPIK Beginner level. Keep the good work
Thank you ^^
dear sir satish let me have an OT if you dont mind.is KLT and EPS-TOPIC reviewer/questions do have the relativity?i mean do the hrd korea get the same questions for the KLT in the TOPIK questionaires?tnx sir
I created a quizlet for the nouns and I will continue with the other sections. https://quizlet.com/12907585/topik-test-beginner-noun-vocabulary-flash-cards/
Great!! Thanks for sharing, Catherine!
Dear Catherine,
if you want you can add your sets to this group/class, as the vocabulary is highly likely the same or almost the same: https://quizlet.com/class/195009/
Additionally I want to steer your attention to the same list already created on memrise (in full!) by a fellow Korean learner: https://www.memrise.com/set/10009671/national-institute-of-korean-language-vocabulary-l/ My guess: It would save you time and work to simply REVIEW (by search function) the nouns and other vocabularies there and then to amend them with memes, examples, part of speech classifiers etc.
That is what I am doing right now. (Because the quantity of the list itself is great, but the quality isn’t yet! Even though I don’t know why that is so…)
Here is the quizlet for counters:
https://quizlet.com/12924796/topik-beginner-vocab-counter-words-flash-cards/
Thanks for Sharing.. ^^
Thank you. I’m building a TOPIK (general korean language actually) site myself in spanish. Since i want to take the begginers test later this year. Can I borrow this list and translate it to spanish in my site?. Thanks!
Sure… You can use anything available on TOPIK GUIDE for education purposes…. I would appreciate a link to TOPIK GUIDE as source/reference site…. All the Best…
Satish,
I have been unable to find a copy of that paper by Lee-Smith & Pyun. Do you have a link to it somewhere?
Thanks!
Hi Mike!
I mailed you the paper…
Dear Satish,
May I know if you can email the paper to me, too?
Thanks a lot.
Here is the quizlet for verbs. https://quizlet.com/13014184/topik-beginner-vocab-verbs-flash-cards/
Thank you so much for it^^
I’ll write it all down and translate it into polish ;D
you are welcome 🙂
Dear Satish,
I am so thankful about your work. I bought alot of books but I still prefer topikguide.. Keep it up..Anyway, kindly email me the topik exam for intermediate last October 29,2012? I downloaded it for how many times but I can’t open the file. And also the copy of that paper by Lee Smith and Pyun too? God Bless and more power!!!
Dear Satish,
Thank you so much for creating this website. I am hoping to go to Korea in April to visit different places and sight-see, and while I am there I will be taking the TOPIK test in April. Just a note: I was going through the list and making flashcards out of the words in the “Nouns” section and I was wondering what does 찻값 mean? I looked it up in 네이버 사전 and I couldn’t find it. I would really appreciate your response. Thanks!
Thanks for your appreciation, Fatima… 찻값 means ‘price of the tea/coffee’
I want by your self study package to day.But not to clear how to pay it.If you have contact number please sendc me now.thanks
Hope you received it. Thank you.
Hello dear Can you inform us about last update about TOPIK self study material which is sale.
Hello! I have translated this vocabulary list into Russian.If it hepls I will send it to you.
When people ask me if I was aware of Game Designers using an already existing rule as an excuse for changing it and invalidating a existing rule, I must say that I would not. I am, however, one of those people who knows the term ‘Monster’ and how it relates to the RPG. I can and have seen the pictures. This is not the same as saying I have seen, touched, or even read the rulebook before playing Riddlehorde. To me, it makes no difference to the rule as long as I understand