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How to say “Meat” in Korean

고기

Gogi

BeginnerFood

Usage & Context

The general word for meat in Korean. In compound words: 소고기 (beef, literally cow meat), 돼지고기 (pork, literally pig meat), 닭고기 (chicken, literally chicken meat). Koreans are passionate meat eaters and Korean BBQ (고기구이) is a major part of social dining culture.

Example Sentence

고기를 먹을 때는 상추에 싸서 먹어요.

When eating meat, we wrap it in lettuce leaves.

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Delicious

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맵다

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달다

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To read a Korean menu, learn the key suffixes: -찌개 (jjigae) means stew, -탕 (tang) means soup, -구이 (gui) means grilled, -볶음 (bokkeum) means stir-fried, and -면 (myeon) means noodles. Combining these with ingredient names like 김치 (kimchi), 된장 (doenjang, soybean paste), or 불고기 (bulgogi) lets you decode most dish names.

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