Korean Dictionary
How to say "Chuseok" in Korean
“Chuseok” in Korean is 추석 (pronounced "Chuseok").
추석
Chuseok
Usage & Context
Korea's major harvest festival, celebrated on the 15th day of the 8th lunar month. Families travel home, perform ancestral rites (차례, charye), visit ancestral graves, wear hanbok, and eat 송편 (songpyeon, half-moon rice cakes). One of the most important Korean cultural events alongside Seollal.
Example Sentence
추석에는 고향에 가서 온 가족이 함께 모여요.
During Chuseok, we go to our hometown and gather with the whole family.
How to use 추석 naturally
Quick answer
The Korean word for “Chuseok” is 추석, romanized as Chuseok.
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Pronunciation Guide
Pronounced 'chu-seok' — 'chu' like 'choo' in 'choose' and 'seok' rhymes with the first syllable of 'soccer' but shorter. Two even-length syllables: 'CHOO-suhk.'
More Example Sentences
Chatting with a coworker a month before the holiday
추석 연휴 때 기차표 예매하셨어요?
Did you book your train tickets for the Chuseok holiday?
Sharing photos in a family group chat
올해 추석에는 송편을 직접 만들었어요.
This Chuseok I made songpyeon by hand.
Saying goodbye before the holiday break
추석 잘 보내세요!
Have a good Chuseok!
Cultural Context
Chuseok falls on the 15th day of the 8th lunar month, so the date shifts every year on the solar calendar, and it's part of a 3–5 day national holiday that triggers the country's biggest traffic jam (민족 대이동 — the great national migration). Families perform 차례 ancestral rites in the morning, visit family graves for 성묘, and share 송편, half-moon rice cakes traditionally shaped by hand on the eve. Unlike Western Thanksgiving, there's no single main dish — the spread includes 전 (savory pancakes), 잡채, and fruit arranged in a specific order on the ritual table.
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Common Phrases
즐거운 추석 되세요.
Have a joyful Chuseok.
추석 잘 쇠세요.
Celebrate Chuseok well. (traditional greeting)
추석에 고향 내려가요?
Are you heading down to your hometown for Chuseok?
Related Expressions
송편
songpyeon
Half-moon shaped rice cakes eaten at Chuseok
차례
charye
Ancestral memorial rite
성묘
seongmyo
Visiting ancestral graves
한가위
hangawi
Native Korean name for Chuseok
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