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How to Say Cash in Korean: hyeon geum

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Frequently Asked Questions

Q1. How do Koreans say "Cash"?

ํ˜„๊ธˆ (hyeon-geum) cash is the word for physical money (banknotes and coins).

Q2. What is the difference between ์ง€ํ and ๋™์ „?

์ง€ํ (ji-phye) banknote is paper money, and ๋™์ „ (dong-jeon) coin is metallic money.

Q3. How do you say "Change" and "Receipt"?

๊ฑฐ์Šค๋ฆ„๋ˆ (geo-seu-reum-don) change and ์˜์ˆ˜์ฆ (yeong-su-jeung) receipt are used every day when shopping.

EPS TOPIK: How to Say "Cash" in Korean

What does "ํ˜„๊ธˆ (hyeon-geum)" mean?

ํ˜„๊ธˆ (hyeon-geum) means "cash." It refers to physical money in the form of banknotes and coins.

Casual: ํ˜„๊ธˆ์ด์•ผ (hyeon-geum-i-ya) - Friends/family
Polite: ํ˜„๊ธˆ์ด์—์š” (hyeon-geum-i-e-yo) - Standard everyday
Formal: ํ˜„๊ธˆ์ž…๋‹ˆ๋‹ค (hyeon-geum-im-ni-da) - Official/respectful

Grammar Breakdown

ํ˜„ (hyeon) = present / current
๊ธˆ (geum) = money / gold
โ†’ ํ˜„๊ธˆ (hyeon-geum) = present money (cash).

When to Use It

1. Paying: "ํ˜„๊ธˆ์œผ๋กœ ๋‚ด์š” (hyeon-geum-eu-ro nae-yo)" (I pay with cash).
2. Paper money: Using ์ง€ํ (ji-phye) banknote.
3. Daily shopping: Mentioning ๋™์ „ (dong-jeon) coin, ๊ฑฐ์Šค๋ฆ„๋ˆ (geo-seu-reum-don) change, or ์˜์ˆ˜์ฆ (yeong-su-jeung) receipt.

Real-Life Examples

ํ˜„๊ธˆ์ด ์—†์–ด์š”. hyeon-geum-i eop-seo-yo.

I donโ€™t have cash.

์ง€ํ๋กœ ์ฃผ์„ธ์š”. ji-phye-ro ju-se-yo.

Please give me banknotes.

๊ฑฐ์Šค๋ฆ„๋ˆ ๋ฐ›์œผ์„ธ์š”. geo-seu-reum-don ba-deu-se-yo.

Please take the change.

Similar Expressions

โ€ข ์ง€ํ (ji-phye) banknote
โ€ข ๋™์ „ (dong-jeon) coin
โ€ข ๊ฑฐ์Šค๋ฆ„๋ˆ (geo-seu-reum-don) change
โ€ข ์˜์ˆ˜์ฆ (yeong-su-jeung) receipt

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