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


💎 What you'll learn in this post

📌 Heads up before you read

 

Overnight Sensation Words

 

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


⚡ Frequency of use by K-pop fans

★★★★★


⚡ Frequency of use in general

★★★★★


점메추 [jeom-me-chu]

Lunch menu recommendation


점메추[jeom-me-chu] short for 점심 메뉴 추천[jeom-sim-me-nyu-chu-cheon]:


점심[jeom-sim]: Lunch

메뉴[me-nyu]: Menu

추천[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 you’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] — both are totally fine. 😜


 

Then what about dinner menu recommendations?

How do you say that?


저메추 [jeo-me-chu]

Dinner menu recommendation


저메추[jeo-me-chu] short for 저녁 메뉴 추천[jeo-nyeok-sim-me-nyu-chu-cheon]:


 저녁[jeo-nyeok]: Dinner

메뉴[me-nyu]: Menu

추천[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? 😊


 

🔥 Boosting Korean Knowledge


'Morning' in Korean is 아침[a-chim],

so a breakfast menu recommendation would be 아메추[a-me-chu], right?


Exactly! You've got it.

A breakfast menu recommendation is said as 아침 메뉴 추천 or 아메추.


However, since many people skip breakfast because of their busy lives, the words 점메추 and 저메추 are much more commonly used.😂 So there are more people who don't know 아메추 than those who do!


 

💬 Real Korean Expressions in Conversation



👩‍🦰: Jimin oppa, please give me a [jeom-me-chu]!

지민 오빠, 점메추 부탁해요!

→ Jimin oppa, please give me a lunch recommendation!


👨‍🦱: Cheese pizza, cheese hamburger, cheese ramen, cheese kimchi fried rice! How about a cheesy lunch today? Because I really want it, LOL.

치즈 피자, 치즈 햄버거, 치즈 라면, 치즈 김치볶음밥!

오늘은 치즈 메뉴 어때? 왜냐하면 내가 먹고 싶어 ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ


👩‍🦰: All right, I'll go with cheese kimchi fried rice, LOL.

그럼 치즈 김치볶음밥 먹을게요 ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ

 

You can start using it right away!


✨ LINE Chat stickers with phrases

Koreans use every day are now available ✨


 


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