Today we'll be looking at different words related to school and grades in Korean.
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English Term | Korean Term |
Day-care center | 어린이집 |
Kindergarten | 유치원 |
Kindergartener | 유치원생 |
Elementary school | 초등학교 |
Middle school | 중학교 |
High school | 고등학교 |
University/college | 대학교 |
Graduate school | 대학원 |
Language school | 어학당 |
College student | 대학생 |
Community college | 전문대학교 |
Educational institute | 학원 |
All boys high school | 남자고등학교 / 남고 |
All boys middle school | 남자중학교 / 남중 |
All girls high school | 여자고등학교 / 여고 |
All girls middle school | 여자중학교 / 여중 |
Grade, level | 학년 |
Freshman High school/college | 일학년 |
Sophomore | 이학년 |
Junior | 삼학년 |
Senior | 사학년 |
Elementary school 1st grade | 초등학교 일학년 |
Elementary school 2nd grade | 초등학교 이학년 |
Elementary school 3rd grade | 초등학교 삼학년 |
Elementary school 4th grade | 초등학교 사학년 |
Elementary school 5th grade | 초등학교 오학년 |
Elementary school 6th grade | 초등학교 육학년 |
Elementary school student | 초등학생 |
Middle school | 중학교 |
Middle school 7th grade | 중학교 일학년 |
Middle school 8th grade | 중학교 이학년 |
Middle school 9th grade | 중학교 삼학년 |
Middle school student | 중학생 |
High school | 고등학교 |
High school 10th grade | 고등학교 일학년 |
High school 11th grade | 고등학교 이학년 |
High school 12th grade | 고등학교 삼학년 |
High school student | 고등학생 |
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