How to Say “Fighting” in Korean: 파이팅! (paiting!)

파이팅!

paiting!

Situation: Feelings & cheeringLevel: Starter (just learning Hangul)

Meaning

Fighting! (You can do it!)

A Korean cheer that comes from the English word “fighting.” Used at sports events and before exams.

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

A cheer for someone before an exam, a match, an interview or a presentation (“Go for it!”). You can also say it to psych yourself up.

It does not mean “fighting” in the English sense, but “you can do it”. For someone in deep grief, a quieter 힘내세요 fits better than a loud 파이팅!

Syllables: 3 · Words: 1

It is pronounced just as it is written.

Syllable	Letters (consonant + vowel + final)	Romanization
파	ㅍ+ㅏ	pa
이	ㅇ+ㅣ	i
팅	ㅌ+ㅣ+ㅇ	ting

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

Style: Set expressionSentence type: Exclamation

There is no verb ending, so the phrase has no politeness level of its own: it is a short fixed expression or a noun phrase.

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Question 1 What does “파이팅!” mean?

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Answer: Fighting! (You can do it!)

Question 2 How do you say “Fighting! (You can do it!)” in Korean?

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Answer: 파이팅! paiting!

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