“More side dishes, please” in Korean: 반찬 더 주세요

반찬 더 주세요

banchan deo juseyo

Situation: Dining out & orderingLevel: Starter (just learning Hangul)

Meaning

More side dishes, please.

Many Korean restaurants refill 반찬 (small side dishes) for free. Feel free to ask.

Romanization follows the Revised Romanization system and is a guide to pronunciation.

Syllables: 6 · Words: 3

It is pronounced just as it is written.

Syllable	Letters (consonant + vowel + final)	Romanization
반찬
반	ㅂ+ㅏ+ㄴ	ban
찬	ㅊ+ㅏ+ㄴ	chan
더	ㄷ+ㅓ	deo
주세요
주	ㅈ+ㅜ	ju
세	ㅅ+ㅔ	se
요	ㅇ+ㅛ	yo

A ㅇ at the start of a syllable is silent; at the end of a syllable it sounds like “ng”.

Style: Polite (해요체)Sentence type: Request

Ends in -요. The everyday polite style, and a safe choice with shop staff, colleagues, strangers and anyone older than you.

It contains the honorific -(으)시-, which shows respect to the person being talked about or talked to.

These words from the TOPIK vocabulary lists appear in the phrase (shown in dictionary form).

Korean	Part of speech	Meaning	Level
반찬	noun	side dish	TOPIK level 2
주다	verb	to give	TOPIK level 1

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Question 1 What does “반찬 더 주세요” mean?

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Answer: More side dishes, please

Question 2 How do you say “More side dishes, please” in Korean?

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Answer: 반찬 더 주세요 banchan deo juseyo

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