The human life cycle consists of the stages of being born, growing old, and dying. You can learn the vocabulary based on human life such as a newborn baby and growing old. And these Korean vocabularies are very useful to remember.
Every human being has lived and experienced each stage in his/her life and knows all the vocabulary that refers to them. However, some students have difficulty memorizing all of them because they are numerous.
To help you, I’ve written this article so as to provide learners with the vocabulary related to the human life cycle in Korean. Words and expressions are sorted into different categories, and the English equivalents are given for each Korean word. It will be a good reference material for language learners.
The term for Human life cycle in Korean is 인간의 생활 주기. Let’s look at the list of vocabulary :
No. | Korean Term | Meaning in English |
|---|---|---|
1 | 태아 | Fetus |
2 | 임산부 | Pregnant woman |
3 | 출산하다 | To give birth |
4 | 태어나다 | To be born |
5 | 갓난아기 / 신생아 | Newborn baby |
6 | 아기 | Baby |
7 | 엄마가 되다 | To become mom |
8 | 아빠가 되다 | To become dad |
9 | 부모가 되다 | To become parent |
10 | 어린이 | Child |
11 | 어린집 | Nursery school |
12 | 유치원 | Kindergarten |
13 | 유치원생 | Kindergartner |
14 | 미성녕자 | Minor |
15 | 초등학교 | Elementary school |
16 | 초등학생 | Elementary student |
17 | 청소년 | Teenager |
18 | 중학교 | Middle school |
19 | 중학생 | Middle school student |
20 | 고등학교 | High school |
21 | 고등학생 | High school student |
22 | 성인 / 어른 | Adult |
23 | 대학생 | University student |
24 | 대학교 | University |
25 | 학부모 | School parent |
26 | 군인 | Soldier |
27 | 군대를 가다 | To go to army |
28 | 복학하다 | To return back to University |
29 | 복학생 | Return student |
30 | 졸업하다 | To graduate |
31 | 졸업생 | Graduate student |
32 | 일하다 | To work |
33 | 직업 | Job |
34 | 회사 | Company |
35 | 회사원 | Company worker |
36 | 결혼하다 | To marry |
37 | 신부 | Bride |
38 | 신랑 | Groom |
39 | 유부녀 | Married woman |
40 | 유부남 | Married man |
41 | 아저씨 | Middle aged man |
42 | 아줌마 | Middle aged women |
43 | 노인 | Old age people |
44 | 할아버지 | Grandpa |
45 | 할머니 | Grandma |
46 | 죽다 /돌아가다 | To die |
47 | 고인 | Deceased |
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