✂️ 미용실 한국어 표현 & 영어 해석
Korean Hair Salon Expressions: Essential Phrases and Vocabulary for Foreigners
If you live in Korea or visit for a short trip, going to a hair salon will be part of your daily life. But explaining exactly what you want in Korean can be tricky. A small misunderstanding might lead to a completely different hairstyle!
This guide will give you essential Korean expressions for the hair salon, with English translations and simple grammar tips.
1. Basic Hair Salon Vocabulary (미용실 어휘)
- 미용실 (mi-yong-sil) – hair salon
- 미용사 / 헤어디자이너 – hairdresser / hair stylist
- 머리카락 (meo-ri-ka-rak) – hair
- 앞머리 (ap-meo-ri) – bangs / fringe
- 파마 (pa-ma) – perm
- 염색 (yeom-saek) – dye, coloring
- 드라이 (deu-ra-i) – blow dry
- 커트 (keo-teu) – cut
- 트리트먼트 (teu-ri-teu-meon-teu) – treatment
- 샴푸 (syam-pu) – shampoo
- 긴 머리 (gin meo-ri) – long hair
- 짧은 머리 (jjal-beun meo-ri) – short hair
- 레이어 (re-i-eo) – layer
2. Useful Phrases for the Salon
- 머리를 자르고 싶어요.
👉 I’d like to get a haircut. - 앞머리만 잘라 주세요.
👉 Please cut only my bangs. - 조금만 다듬어 주세요.
👉 Just trim it a little, please. - 길이는 어깨까지 해 주세요.
👉 Please cut it to shoulder length. - 머리를 염색하고 싶어요.
👉 I’d like to dye my hair. - 자연스러운 색으로 하고 싶어요.
👉 I’d like a natural color. - 너무 짧게 자르지 마세요.
👉 Please don’t cut it too short. - 파마하고 싶어요.
👉 I want to get a perm. - 뿌리 염색 해 주세요.
👉 Please dye only the roots.
3. Key Grammar Tips
1) –고 싶어요 (want to …)
Example: 염색하고 싶어요. → I want to dye my hair.
2) –아/어 주세요 (please do …)
Example: 짧게 잘라 주세요. → Please cut it short.
3) –지 마세요 (please don’t …)
Example: 너무 짧게 자르지 마세요. → Please don’t cut it too short.
4) –만 (only, just)
Example: 앞머리만 잘라 주세요. → Cut only my bangs.
5) –까지 (up to, until)
Example: 어깨까지 해 주세요. → Please cut it up to my shoulders.
4. Sample Dialogue at the Hair Salon
Customer: 머리를 좀 자르고 싶어요.
👉 I’d like to get a haircut.
Stylist: 네, 어떻게 자를까요?
👉 Sure, how would you like it?
Customer: 길이는 어깨까지 해 주세요.
👉 Please cut it to shoulder length.
Stylist: 앞머리는요?
👉 What about the bangs?
Customer: 앞머리만 조금 잘라 주세요.
👉 Just cut the bangs a little.
Stylist: 네, 알겠습니다.
👉 Okay, got it.

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