Korean Word of the Day
출근하다
chul-GEUN-ha-da • verb — 10th of Jul, 2026
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Meaning: to go to work; to commute to one's workplace
Examples
- 저는 아침마다 9시에 출근해요.
(I go to work at 9 every morning.) - 월요일에 출근하는 것이 힘들어요.
(It's hard to go to work on Mondays.) - 오늘은 택시로 출근했어요.
(I went to work by taxi today.)
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Use this verb when talking about going to or starting work/commuting. It contrasts with '퇴근하다' (to leave work). Commonly used with times (e.g., '9시에 출근하다') and means the action of arriving at or beginning work; it conjugates like other 하다-verbs.
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