“Please recommend something” in Korean: 추천해 주세요

추천해 주세요

chucheonhae juseyo

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

Meaning

Please recommend something.

추천 means recommendation, and 해 주세요 means “please do it for me.” Use it when you cannot decide what to order.

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

Syllables: 6 · Words: 2

It is pronounced just as it is written.

Syllable	Letters (consonant + vowel + final)	Romanization
추천해
추	ㅊ+ㅜ	chu
천	ㅊ+ㅓ+ㄴ	cheon
해	ㅎ+ㅐ	hae
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
주다	verb	to give	TOPIK level 1

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Question 1 What does “추천해 주세요” mean?

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Answer: Please recommend something

Question 2 How do you say “Please recommend something” in Korean?

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Answer: 추천해 주세요 chucheonhae juseyo

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