English–Korean

“ten” in Korean

Korean

Also열 (yeol)

Pronunciation

Romanizationsip

Example

지금은 십 분 남았어요.chi geu meun sip pun na ma sseo yo

There are ten minutes left now.

Illustration for 십 (ten)

How to say “ten” in Korean

“Ten” in Korean is 십 (sip).

The number ten as a building block for counting and measuring amounts.

Full entry for 십: usage tips, similar words and word origin

Example sentences with 십

사과를 십 개 샀어요.sa gwa reul sip kae sa sseo yo

I bought ten apples.

Tips for using 십

  • In phone numbers and other number strings, Korean usually reads each digit separately rather than grouping digits into tens.

Other Korean words for “ten”

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열

yeol

numeralten

사과가 열 개 있어요.sa gwa ga yeol kae i sseo yo

There are ten apples.

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