Learn 500 Essential Korean Adverbs by Theme Part6. Quantity & Numbers (수량과 수치)
🔢 6. 수량과 수치 (Quantity & Numbers)
Master 500 Basic Korean Adverbs with
English and Romanization
This list presents 500 of the most useful
Korean adverbs, organized into 10 everyday themes such as time, place,
frequency, manner, emotion, quantity, negation, and more. Each word includes
its original Korean form (Hangul), Romanized spelling, and English meaning. For
example: 지금 (jigeum)
means “now,” and 천천히 (cheoncheonhi) means “slowly.”
Adverbs are essential in making your Korean
sentences more natural, expressive, and accurate. By learning them in themes,
such as “Time” or “Negation,” you’ll quickly recognize how adverbs function in
context — whether it’s describing how often something happens (자주 – jaju – often) or how something is done
(정확히 – jeonghwakhi – accurately).
Romanization follows the official Revised
Romanization system, so pronunciation is easy to follow, even for those who are
new to reading Hangul.
This collection is perfect for beginner and
intermediate learners looking to expand their sentence-building skills. You can
use it for grammar practice, conversation drills, or flashcards. It’s also
great for improving listening comprehension in K-dramas and real-life dialogue.
By mastering these adverbs, you’ll gain
confidence expressing time, degree, attitude, and much more in Korean.
🔢 6. 수량과
수치 (Quantity & Numbers)
- 많이 – mani – a lot / much
- 적게 – jeokge – a little / few
- 더 – deo – more
- 덜 – deol – less
- 모두 – modu – all / everything
- 전부 – jeonbu – the whole / all
- 각각 – gakgak – each / every
- 대부분 – daebubun – most of
- 일부 – ilbu – some / part of
- 아무도 – amudo – no one
- 아무거나
– amugeona – anything
- 아무것도
– amugeotdo – nothing
- 수없이 – su-eopshi – countless
- 얼마큼 – eolmakeum – how much
- 조금 – jogeum – a little
- 약간 – yakgan – slightly
- 상당히 – sangdanghi – considerably
- 꽤 – kkwae – quite / fairly
- 너무 – neomu – too much
- 충분히 – chungbunhi – sufficiently
- 완전히 – wanjeonhi – completely
- 거의 – geoui – almost
- 전혀 – jeonhyeo – not at all
- 도무지 – domuji – utterly (with negation)
- 비슷하게
– biseuthage – similarly
- 대체로 – daechero – generally
- 최소 – choeso – at least
- 최고로 – choegoro – at most
- 제일 – jeil – the most
- 제일 적게
– jeil jeokge – the least
- 오로지 – oroji – only / solely
- 단지 – danji – merely / only
- 단 한 번도
– dan han beondo – not even once
- 열 번 이상
– yeol beon isang – more than 10 times
- 열 번 이하
– yeol beon iha – less than 10 times
- 이틀 내내
– iteul naenae – for two full days
- 몇 번이나
– myeot beonina – how many times
- 하루종일
– harujongil – all day long
- 열 개쯤
– yeol gaejjeum – about ten (things)
- 백 퍼센트
– baek peosenteu – one hundred percent
- 50% 정도 – osip peosenteu jeongdo –
around 50 percent
- 10개 중에 7개 – sipgae
junge ilgopgae – 7 out of 10
- 반쯤 – banjjeum – about half
- 대부분 – daebubun – the majority
- 그중에서
– geujungeseo – among them
- 나머지 – nameoji – the rest
- 1~2명 정도 – il-i myeong jeongdo –
about 1–2 people
- 확실히 – hwaksilhi – for sure (in amount)
- 충분할 만큼
– chungbunhal mankeum – enough
- 넘치게 – neomchige – excessively / overabundantly