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Trendy Lingo: Two Ways to Say Lunch&Dinner Recommendations in Korean

šŸ’Ž What you'll learn in this post

šŸ“Œ Heads up before you read

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Overnight Sensation Words

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This is an expression often seen on Weverse DM and Bubble. If you're a K-fan, you should definitely know this!


āš” Frequency of use by K-pop fans

ā˜…ā˜…ā˜…ā˜…ā˜…


āš” Frequency of use in general

ā˜…ā˜…ā˜…ā˜…ā˜…


ģ ė©”ģ¶” [jeom-me-chu]

Lunch menu recommendation


ģ ė©”ģ¶”[jeom-me-chu] short for ģ ģ‹¬ ė©”ė‰“ ģ¶”ģ²œ[jeom-sim-me-nyu-chu-cheon]:


āœ… ģ ģ‹¬[jeom-sim]: Lunch

āœ… ė©”ė‰“[me-nyu]: Menu

āœ… ģ¶”ģ²œ[chu-cheon]: Recommendation


This is a cool, shortened expression made by taking the first syllable of each word to create a new word.


It's super popular among K-pop idols and their fans, but youā€™ll also hear it in everyday life among students, office workers, families, and more.


So, you can say [jeom-me-chu] or just [jeom-sim-me-nyu-chu-cheon] ā€” both are totally fine. šŸ˜œ

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Then what about dinner menu recommendations?

How do you say that?


ģ €ė©”ģ¶” [jeo-me-chu]

Dinner menu recommendation


ģ €ė©”ģ¶”[jeo-me-chu] short for ģ €ė… ė©”ė‰“ ģ¶”ģ²œ[jeo-nyeok-sim-me-nyu-chu-cheon]:


āœ…Ā ģ €ė…[jeo-nyeok]: Dinner

āœ… ė©”ė‰“[me-nyu]: Menu

āœ… ģ¶”ģ²œ[chu-cheon]: Recommendation


If you know [jeom-me-chu] and [jeom-sim-me-nyu-chu-cheon], it's super easy!

Just replace 'lunch' with 'dinner' and you're ready to go! Simple, right? šŸ˜Š


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šŸ”„ Boosting Korean Knowledge


'Morning' in Korean is ģ•„ģ¹Ø[a-chim],

so a breakfast menu recommendation would be ģ•„ė©”ģ¶”[a-me-chu], right?


Exactly! You've got it.

A breakfast menu recommendation is said as ģ•„ģ¹Ø ė©”ė‰“ ģ¶”ģ²œ or ģ•„ė©”ģ¶”.


However, since many people skip breakfast because of their busy lives, the words ģ ė©”ģ¶” and ģ €ė©”ģ¶” are much more commonly used.šŸ˜‚ So there are more people who don't know ģ•„ė©”ģ¶” than those who do!


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šŸ’¬ Real Korean Expressions in Conversation



šŸ‘©ā€šŸ¦°: Jimin oppa, please give me a [jeom-me-chu]!

ģ§€ėƼ ģ˜¤ė¹ , ģ ė©”ģ¶” ė¶€ķƒķ•“ģš”!

ā†’ Jimin oppa, please give me a lunch recommendation!


šŸ‘Øā€šŸ¦±: Cheese pizza, cheese hamburger, cheese ramen, cheese kimchi fried rice! How about a cheesy lunch today? Because I really want it, LOL.

ģ¹˜ģ¦ˆ ķ”¼ģž, ģ¹˜ģ¦ˆ ķ–„ė²„ź±°, ģ¹˜ģ¦ˆ ė¼ė©“, ģ¹˜ģ¦ˆ ź¹€ģ¹˜ė³¶ģŒė°„!

ģ˜¤ėŠ˜ģ€ ģ¹˜ģ¦ˆ ė©”ė‰“ ģ–“ė•Œ? ģ™œėƒķ•˜ė©“ ė‚“ź°€ ėعź³  ģ‹¶ģ–“ 態態態態態態態態態


šŸ‘©ā€šŸ¦°: All right, I'll go with cheese kimchi fried rice, LOL.

ź·øėŸ¼ ģ¹˜ģ¦ˆ ź¹€ģ¹˜ė³¶ģŒė°„ ėعģ„ź²Œģš” 態態態態態態態態態態態態態態態態態態態態態態態

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You can start using it right away!


āœØ LINE Chat stickers with phrases

Koreans use every day are now available āœØ


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