{"id":9667,"date":"2026-10-13T03:20:22","date_gmt":"2026-10-12T19:20:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/127.0.0.1:801\/?p=9667"},"modified":"2026-10-13T03:20:22","modified_gmt":"2026-10-12T19:20:22","slug":"dating-and-love","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hanliuquan.com\/?p=9667","title":{"rendered":"Dating and love"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><span class=\"mw-headline\" id=\"General\">General<\/span><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>\ub0a8\uc790\uce5c\uad6c &lt;\u7537\u5b50\u89aa\u820a&gt; &#8211; boyfriend\n<ul>\n<li>\ub0a8\uce5c &lt;\u7537\u89aa&gt; &#8211; shortened form of boyfriend<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>\uc5ec\uc790\uce5c\uad6c &lt;\u5973\u5b50\u89aa\u820a&gt; &#8211; girlfriend\n<ul>\n<li>\uc5ec\uce5c &lt;\u5973\u89aa&gt; &#8211; shortened form of girlfriend<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>\uc5f0\uc778 &lt;\u6200\u4eba&gt; &#8211; a lover, a sweetheart<\/li>\n<li>\uc560\uc778 &lt;\u611b\u4eba&gt; &#8211; one&#8217;s significant other, boyfriend\/girlfriend<\/li>\n<li>\ubbf8\ud305 &#8211; a group blind date (Konglish &#8220;meeting&#8221;)<\/li>\n<li>\uc18c\uac1c\ud305 &#8211; blind date (two people only)<\/li>\n<li>\ub208\uc774 \ub192\ub2e4 &#8211; to be not easily satisfied with a person, be picky, have high standards<\/li>\n<li>\ub370\uc774\ud2b8(\ud558\ub2e4) &#8211; a date, to date<\/li>\n<li>\uc0ac\uadc0\ub2e4 &#8211; to go out, to become a couple<\/li>\n<li>\uc6d0\ub098\uc787 \uc2a4\ud0e0\ub4dc &#8211; a one night stand<\/li>\n<li>\uc131\uc801 \ub9e4\ub825 &#8211; sex appeal<\/li>\n<li>\uc139\uc2a4 &#8211; sex\n<ul>\n<li>\uc131\uad00\uacc4\ub97c \uac16\ub2e4 &#8211; to have sex(formal)<\/li>\n<li>\uc139\uc2a4\ud558\ub2e4 &#8211; to have sex<\/li>\n<li>\uc139\uc2a4\ud558\ub2e4 is not usually expressed directly. The following expressions: &#8216;\uc790\ub2e4&#8217; (<i>sleep together<\/i>) or &#8216;\uadf8\uac83\uc744 \ud558\ub2e4&#8217; (<i>do it<\/i>) are instead used.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>\uc5f0\uc560 &lt;\u6200\u611b&gt; &#8211; love, amour, a romance\n<ul>\n<li>\uc5f0\uc560\ud558\ub2e4 &#8211; to see someone, to start a (romantic) relationship with someone<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>\uc5f0\uc560\ud3b8\uc9c0 &lt;\u6200\u611b\u4fbf\u7d19 \/ \u6200\u611b\u7247\u7d19&gt; &#8211; a love letter<\/li>\n<li>\ubf40\ubf40 &#8211; kiss, a peck<\/li>\n<li>\ud0a4\uc2a4 &#8211; kiss (This word is more sexual than \ubf40\ubf40)<\/li>\n<li>\uc0ac\ub791(\ud558\ub2e4) &#8211; love, to love (someone)\n<ul>\n<li>\uc0ac\ub791\uc5d0 \ube60\uc9c0\ub2e4 &#8211; fall in love with<\/li>\n<li>\uc0ac\ub791\ud569\ub2c8\ub2e4, \uc0ac\ub791\ud574\uc694, \uc0ac\ub791\ud574. &#8211; I love you.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>\uccab\uc0ac\ub791 &#8211; one&#8217;s first love, one&#8217;s first boyfriend\/girlfriend<\/li>\n<li>\uc9dd\uc0ac\ub791 &#8211; secret crush<\/li>\n<li>\ud5e4\uc5b4\uc9c0\ub2e4 &#8211; to break up<\/li>\n<li>\ubc14\ub78c\ud53c\uc6b0\ub2e4 &#8211; to cheat on, have an affair<\/li>\n<li>\uc591\ub2e4\ub9ac \uac78\uce58\ub2e4 &#8211; sitting on the fence, go out with two girls\/boys<\/li>\n<li>\ubd88\ub95c &lt;\u4e0d\u502b&gt; &#8211; an adulterous relationship<\/li>\n<li>\uc0bc\uac01\uad00\uacc4 &lt;\u4e09\u89d2\u95dc\u4fc2&gt; &#8211; love triangle<\/li>\n<li>\uad8c\ud0dc\uae30 &lt;\u5026\u6020\u671f&gt; &#8211; a period of ennui (while married), stage where the couples get bored of each other\n<ul>\n<li>\uad8c\ud0dc\uae30\uc5d0 \ub4e4\ub2e4 &#8211; to enter the stage of ennui<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>\ucc28\ub2e4 &#8211; to dump (someone)<\/li>\n<li>\uc9d1\uc801\ub300\ub2e4 &#8211; to make a pass at<\/li>\n<li>\uaf2c\ub9ac\uce58\ub2e4 \/ \uc720\ud639(\ud558\ub2e4) &lt;\u8a98\u60d1&gt; &#8211; to flirt (in a bad way), seduce<\/li>\n<li>\ud295\uae30\ub2e4 &#8211; play hard to get<\/li>\n<li>\uace0\ubb34\uc2e0 \uac70\uafb8\ub85c \uc2e0\ub2e4 &#8211; to get a new boyfriend\n<ul>\n<li>In Korea, every young man must serve in the army for about two years. The soldiers&#8217; girlfriends often dump them and get a new boyfriend. In this situation, we use the following expression.\u2192&#8217;\ub0b4 \uc5ec\uc790\uce5c\uad6c\uac00 \uace0\ubb34\uc2e0 \uac70\uafb8\ub85c \uc2e0\uc5c8\uc5b4.&#8217; But these days, many soldiers dump their girlfriends for some reason. In this situation, we use the following expression.\u2192&#8217;\ub0b4 \ub0a8\uc790\uce5c\uad6c\uac00 \uad70\ud654 \uac70\uafb8\ub85c \uc2e0\uc5c8\uc5b4&#8217;. (\uad70\ud654 means army boots.)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>\ub3d9\uc131\uc560 &#8211; homosexual love\n<ul>\n<li>\ub3d9\uc131\uc560\uc790 &lt;\u540c\u6027\u611b\u8005&gt; &#8211; gay<\/li>\n<li>\uac8c\uc774\/\ud638\ubaa8 &#8211; gay male<\/li>\n<li>\ub808\uc988\ube44\uc5b8 &#8211; lesbian<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>\uac8c\uc774 &#8211; gay (more modern term)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><span class=\"mw-headline\" id=\"Terms_of_endearment\">Terms of endearment<\/span><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>\ub2f9\uc2e0 &lt;\u7576\u8eab&gt; &#8211; One meaning is you, but often used by married couples to mean darling. (becoming outdated?)<\/li>\n<li>\uc790\uae30 &#8211; baby, honey<\/li>\n<li>\uc5ec\ubcf4 &#8211; darling, honey (for married couples only?)<\/li>\n<li>\uc624\ube60 &#8211; &#8220;older brother&#8221;, but means &#8220;honey&#8221;, etc. (girl says this to her older boyfriend)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><span class=\"mw-headline\" id=\"Marriage_and_preparation\">Marriage and preparation<\/span><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>\uccad\ud63c(\ud558\ub2e4) &lt;\u8acb\u5a5a&gt; \/ \ud504\ub85c\ud3ec\uc988(\ud558\ub2e4) &#8211; a proposal of marriage<\/li>\n<li>\uc57d\ud63c\uc2dd &lt;\u7d04\u5a5a\u5f0f&gt; &#8211; an engagement ceremony\n<ul>\n<li>\uc57d\ud63c(\ud558\ub2e4) &lt;\u7d04]]\u5a5a&gt; &#8211; engagement, to be engaged<\/li>\n<li>\uc57d\ud63c\uc790 &lt;\u7d04\u5a5a\u8005&gt; &#8211; fianc\u00e9 (male)<\/li>\n<li>\uc57d\ud63c\ub140 &lt;\u7d04\u5a5a\u5973&gt; &#8211; fianc\u00e9e (female)<\/li>\n<li>I&#8217;ve seen a soap opera about engagement of American couple. The man asked her &#8220;Will you marry me?&#8221; and the woman answered &#8220;Yes&#8221;. Immediately after that, the woman said &#8220;\ub098 \uc57d\ud63c\ud588\uc5b4!&#8221;. Not in Korea. We have an engagement ceremony. After engagement ceremony, we use &#8220;\ub098 \uc57d\ud63c\ud588\uc5b4&#8221;.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>\ud30c\ud63c(\ud558\ub2e4) &lt;\u7834\u5a5a&gt; &#8211; break off an engagement<\/li>\n<li>\uacb0\ud63c\uc2dd &lt;\u7d50\u5a5a\u5f0f&gt; &#8211; wedding ceremony\n<ul>\n<li>\uc608\uc2dd\uc7a5 &lt;\u79ae\u5f0f\u5834&gt; &#8211; wedding hall<\/li>\n<li>\uc6e8\ub529 Hall &#8211; wedding hall (Konglish)<\/li>\n<li>\uacb0\ud63c(\ud558\ub2e4) &lt;\u7d50\u5a5a&gt; &#8211; get married<\/li>\n<li>\uc2dc\uc9d1 \uac00\ub2e4 &#8211; get married (for a woman &#8211; &#8220;going to the husband&#8217;s house&#8221;)<\/li>\n<li>\ud53c\ub85c\uc5f0 &lt;\u62ab\u9732\u5bb4&gt; &#8211; a wedding reception<\/li>\n<li>\uc2e0\ub791 \ub4e4\ub7ec\ub9ac &#8211; a best man<\/li>\n<li>\uc2e0\ubd80 \ub4e4\ub7ec\ub9ac &#8211; a bridesmaid<\/li>\n<li>\ub4e4\ub7ec\ub9ac\ub97c \uc11c\ub2e4 &#8211; serve as a best man\/bridesmaid<\/li>\n<li>In Korea, We don&#8217;t need \ub4e4\ub7ec\ub9acs at the wedding ceremony. However some couples want \ub4e4\ub7ec\ub9acs at the wedding. (Maybe it&#8217;s a Western-style wedding.) But most couples don&#8217;t need or have \ub4e4\ub7ec\ub9acs.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>\ubd80\uc870(\ud558\ub2e4) &lt;\u6276\u52a9&gt; &#8211; give congratulatory money to aid in a marriage\n<ul>\n<li>\ubd80\uc870\uae08 &lt;\u6276\u52a9\u91d1&gt; &#8211; congratulatory money<\/li>\n<li>We give some money instead of gift at a wedding. So we don&#8217;t have a bridal shower or resister list. In general, we give 30,000 won to acquaintance, 50,000 won to close friend\/co-worker. And we can give over 100,000won to the best friend. Sometimes Koreans chip in and buy an expensive gift such as a washing machine, a refrigerator, TV, things like that.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>\uc640\uc774\ud504 &#8211; wife (Konglish version)<\/li>\n<li>\uc2e0\ud63c\uc5ec\ud589 &lt;\u65b0\u5a5a\u65c5\u884c&gt; &#8211; honeymoon<\/li>\n<li>\uc2e0\ub791 &lt;\u65b0\u90de&gt; &#8211; bridegroom<\/li>\n<li>\uc2e0\ubd80 &lt;\u65b0\u5a66&gt; &#8211; bride<\/li>\n<li>\uc2dc\ub301 &lt;\u5aa4\u5b85&gt; &#8211; the husband&#8217;s home<\/li>\n<li>\uce5c\uc815 &lt;\u89aa\u5ead&gt; &#8211; the wife&#8217;s parents&#8217; home\n<ul>\n<li>\uc7a5\ubaa8\ub2d8 &#8211; mother-in-law (mother of bride) &#8211; usually you just call her &#8220;\uc5b4\uba38\ub2d8&#8221;<\/li>\n<li>\uc2dc\uc5b4\uba38\ub2c8 &#8211; mother-in-law (mother of groom)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><span class=\"mw-headline\" id=\"After_marriage\">After marriage<\/span><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><i>See Babies and childbirth<\/i><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>General \ub0a8\uc790\uce5c\uad6c &lt;\u7537\u5b50\u89aa\u820a&gt; &#8211; boyfriend \ub0a8\uce5c &lt;\u7537\u89aa&#038;g&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-9667","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-kr-open-book"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hanliuquan.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9667","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hanliuquan.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hanliuquan.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hanliuquan.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hanliuquan.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=9667"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.hanliuquan.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9667\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hanliuquan.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=9667"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hanliuquan.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=9667"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hanliuquan.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=9667"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}