It occurred to me during the radio show I did recently that I could do to provide you all with a list of words and phrases commonly used in the sauna. I will put the English meaning first, then the Korean characters, lastly my best spelling in Roman characters for pronunciation.
Please keep in mind that there are standard romanizations but not everyone sticks to them and they may be different from what I provide, so if you see rominized Korean printed somewhere it may be slightly different. (Such as the spelling of jjimjilbang/zzimzilbang, jeon/jun, Busan/Pusan, and so on. A special note is that "u" really shouldn't be used since it could sould like either "eo" or "oo" but it's often used anyway.)
English term Korean term-Hangul Pronunciation
GENERAL
ITEMS
SERVICES
*Cucumber facial often accompanies the body scrub service for a small additional charge. It's totally worth it!
SPECIFIC ROOMS / BATHS
*Event baths often feature a special herbal or mineral additive in the water.
Here's a link for some basic Korean phrases if you want more.
As always, if you have a request for further information or know something I've left out, please leave a comment below. Finally, I'm not perfect~ if I've made any mistakes in the above info, feel free to help me out!^^
Please keep in mind that there are standard romanizations but not everyone sticks to them and they may be different from what I provide, so if you see rominized Korean printed somewhere it may be slightly different. (Such as the spelling of jjimjilbang/zzimzilbang, jeon/jun, Busan/Pusan, and so on. A special note is that "u" really shouldn't be used since it could sould like either "eo" or "oo" but it's often used anyway.)
English term Korean term-Hangul Pronunciation
GENERAL
bath | 탕 | tang |
room | 방, 실 | bang, shil |
men / men's~ | 남자 / 남~ | nam-ja / nam~ |
women / women's~ | 여자 / 여~ | yeo-ja / yeo~ |
bathing area | 사우나 | sa-oo-na |
resting/clothed area (room) | 찜질(방) | jjim-jil (bang) |
hot (bath) | 열(탕) | yeol (tang) |
warm (bath) | 온(탕) | ohn (long /o/) (tang) |
cold (bath) | 냉(탕) | neng (tang) |
bathroom | 화장실 | hwa-jang-shil |
resting area | 휴게실 | hyoo-gae-shil |
traditional kiln sweating cave/room | 불가마 | bool-ga-ma |
sleeping room | 수면실 | soo-myeon-shil |
entrance | 입구 | ip goo |
the way to the~ | ~가는 길 | ~ga neun gil |
ITEMS
towel | 수건 | soo-geon |
outfit for resting area | 찜질복 | jjim-jil-bok |
key / locker key | 열쇠 / 로커 키 | yeol-sway / lo-kuh kee |
shampoo | 샴푸, 세발 | sham-puh, sae-bal |
conditioner | 린스 | rin-suh |
soap | 비누 | bee-noo |
toothpaste | 치약 | chee-yahk |
SERVICES
body scrub | 세신 | sae-shin |
cucumber* | 오이 | o-ee |
massage | 마사지 | ma-sa-jee |
oil massage | 오일마사지 | o-eel ma-sa-jee |
aromatherapy massage | 아로마마사지 | a-ro-ma ma-sa-jee |
foot / back massage | 발 / 등 마사지 | bal / deung ma-sa-jee |
SPECIFIC ROOMS / BATHS
yellow soil (loess) room | 황토방 | hwang-to-bang |
charcoal room | 숯방 / 참숯방 | soot-bang / cham-soot-bang |
salt room | 소금방 | so-geum bang |
jewelry room | 보석방 | bo-seok bang |
ice room | 아이스방 / 어름방 | i-ee-suh bang / uh-reum-bang |
forest room | 산림욕방 | san-lim-yok bang |
pine room | 소나무방 | so-na-moo bang |
oxygen room | 산소방 | san-so bang |
artemesia (mugwort) bath | 쑥 탕 | sook tang |
waterfall (massaging) bath | 폭포 탕 | pok-po tang |
event* bath | 이벤트 탕 | ee-ben-tuh tang |
Here's a link for some basic Korean phrases if you want more.
As always, if you have a request for further information or know something I've left out, please leave a comment below. Finally, I'm not perfect~ if I've made any mistakes in the above info, feel free to help me out!^^
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