\ubd80\ubd80 <\u592b\u5a66> – married couple<\/li>\n
\ubc30\uc6b0\uc790 – (formal) spouse, husband and wife<\/li>\n
\ub0a8\ud3b8 <\u7537\u4fbf> – (formal) husband\n
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\uc2e0\ub791 <\u65b0\u90de> – husband(friendly). This means a new husband, but wives use it to affectionately refer to their husbands.<\/li>\n
\ubc14\uae65\uc591\ubc18 – From Josen Dynasty’s house, husband lives outside and wife lives inside.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n
\uc544\ub0b4 – (formal) wife\n
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\uc2e0\ubd80 – New or young wife<\/li>\n
\ub9c8\ub204\ub77c – Slang, woman doesn’t like because she believes it’s a little bit dishonorable. From skin ship, husband and wife will lie to each other.<\/li>\n
\uc548\uc0ac\ub78c – (archaic) From Josen Dynasty’s house<\/li>\n
\uc9d1\uc0ac\ub78c – wife, woman of the house (disliked by some women these days).<\/li>\n
\uc640\uc774\ud504 – From the English word ‘wife.’<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n
\ud615\uc81c\uc790\ub9e4 <\u5144\u5f1f\u59c9\u59b9> \/ \ud615\uc81c <\u5144\u5f1f> – Siblings, brothers and sisters<\/li>\n
\ud615 <\u5144> – Older Brother (for a boy) But some generation like 40s and 50s, when they’re in University, they call \ud615 regardless of gender. Origin is Public Servant of Goguryo, one of 3 kingdom. In a tight organization, like street gangs, men refer to their senior men with this term, usually with \ub2d8 on the end.<\/li>\n
\uc624\ube60 – Older Brother (used by females). Also, what girls call their boyfriends (only if they’re older.) When you say this to \uc544\uc800\uc528 or \ud560\uc544\ubc84\uc9c0, they’ll be very happy because it means the girl is flirting with them.<\/li>\n
\ub204\ub098 – Older Sister (used by males). What boys call their older girlfriends. Tell \uc544\uc90c\ub9c8 or \ud560\uba38\ub2c8 this. They will be more friendly.<\/li>\n
\uc5b8\ub2c8 – Older Sister (used by females). This is preferrable to \uc544\uac00\uc528 for strangers because it is more friendly, but only if you’re a woman.<\/li>\n
\uc544\uc6b0 – (somewhat archaic) Boy’s younger brother. There is a joke about this word. Wolves at night call out “\uc544\uc6b0! \uc544\uc6b0!” and then the other wolves call back “\ud615! \ud615!”<\/li>\n
\uc544\ub4e4 – Son\n
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\uc544\ub4e4\ub0b4\ubbf8<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n
\ub538 – Daughter\n
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\ub538\ub0b4\ubbf8<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n
Negative ways to refer to your own kids when they are bad:\n
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\ub140\uc11d<\/li>\n
\uc790\uc2dd<\/li>\n
\uc774\uac83\uc774<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n
Misc. ways to refer to kids\n
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\uc544\uae30<\/li>\n
\uc544\uac00<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
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\ucc98\ubd80\ubaa8 <\u59bb\u7236\u6bcd> Wife’s family \/ \uc2dc\ubd80\ubaa8 <\u5aa4\u7236\u6bcd> Husband’s family – Parents-in-law<\/li>\n
You can call your mother-in-law \uc5b4\uba38\ub2d8 whether you are male or female.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n
\uc0ac\uc704, (your last name)\uc0ac\ubc29 – Son-in-law\n
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\uc0ac\uc704 will call his wife’s family \ucc98\ubd80\ubaa8, \uc7a5\uc778\/\uc7a5\ubaa8<\/li>\n
Man’s marriage was \uc7a5\uac00 in Josen Dynasty. To get married is \uc7a5\uac00\uac00\ub2e4. That’s something to do with \uc7a5\uc778\/\uc7a5\ubaa8<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n
\uba70\ub290\ub9ac – Daughter-in-law\n
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\uba70\ub290\ub9ac will call her husband’s family \uc2dc\ubd80\ubaa8, \uc2dc\uc544\ubc84\uc9c0\/\uc2dc\uc5b4\uba38\ub2c8.<\/li>\n
Woman’s marriage was \uc2dc\uc9d1. That’s something to do with \uc2dc\ubd80\ubaa8, \uc2dc\uc544\ubc84\uc9c0\/\uc2dc\uc5b4\uba38\ub2c8<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n
\ucc98\ub0a8 <\u59bb\u7537> wife’s brother\n
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\ud070\ucc98\ub0a8 is wife’s older brother, \uc791\uc740\ucc98\ub0a8 is wife’s younger brother.<\/li>\n
\ucc98\uc81c is wife’s youger sister(normally), \ucc98\ud615 is wife’s older sister.<\/li>\n
You will hear simply \ud615 or \ub204\ub098 in practice.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n
\ub9e4\ubd80 <\u59b9\u592b> is sister’s husband. (from a brother’s perspective)\n
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\ub9e4\ud615 is older sister’s husband. (from a brother’s perspective<\/li>\n
\ub9e4\uc81c is younger siter’s husband. (from a brother’s perspective)<\/li>\n
\ud615\ubd80 is older sister’s husband. (from a sister’s perspective)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n
\uc2dc\uc219 <\u5aa4\u53d4> is husband’s brother (normally older).\n
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\uc2dc\ub3d9\uc0dd is younger brother.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n
\ud615\uc218 <\u5144\u5ac2> is man’s older brother’s wife.\n
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\uacc4\uc218 <\u5b63\u5ac2> is man’s younger brother’s wife. Similar \uc81c\uc218<\/li>\n
Koreans enjoy joke each other about \ud615\uc218\/\uc81c\uc218. Though they are similar age’s friend, they argue friend’s wife called \uc81c\uc218. That is to say, my friend is my younger brother, I’m \ud615\ub2d8.<\/li>\n
\ub3d9\uc11c <\u540c\u58fb> Brothers’ wives will call each other. (Generally) From original meaning, just living togeter or one family (agricultural society). So sisters’ husband can use this, but they prefer \uc11c\ubc29.\n
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As a slang, \uad6c\uba4d\ub3d9\uc11c is not family relationship but sharing the same sex partner.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n
\uc2dc\ub204\uc774 is husband’s sister. \uc62c\ucf00 is brother’s wife.<\/li>\n
Josen dynasty is sexually unequal society, so \uc2dc\uc9d1 \uc0b4\uc774 isn’t nice, \uc2dc\ub204\uc774 and \uc62c\ucf00 isn’t easy. So there’s some story, \ud63c\ub0b4\ub294 \uc2dc\uc5b4\uba38\ub2c8\ubcf4\ub2e4 \ub9d0\ub9ac\ub294 \uc2dc\ub204\uc774\uac00 \uc584\ubc09\ub2e4. (\uc2dc\ub204\uc774 is more annoying than angry \uc2dc\uc5b4\uba38\ub2c8.)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
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