How do you express Minutes when Telling Time in Korean?

How do you express Minutes when Telling Time in Korean?

When saying the minutes in Korean, you use Sino-Korean numbers followed by 분 (bun), which means “minute.”

Sino-Korean Numbers 1-59

Here is a table for Sino-Korean numbers from 1 to 59:

NumberHangeulRevised Romanization
1il
2i
3sam
4sa
5o
6yuk
7chil
8pal
9gu
10sip
11십일sipil
12십이sipi
13십삼sipsam
14십사sipsa
15십오sipo
16십육sipyuk
17십칠sipchil
18십팔sippal
19십구sipgu
20이십isip
21이십일isipil
22이십이isipi
23이십삼isipsam
24이십사isipsa
25이십오isipo
26이십육isipyuk
27이십칠isipchil
28이십팔isippal
29이십구isipgu
30삼십samsip
31삼십일samsipil
32삼십이samsipi
33삼십삼samsipsam
34삼십사samsipsa
35삼십오samsipo
36삼십육samsipyuk
37삼십칠samsipchil
38삼십팔samsippal
39삼십구samsipgu
40사십sasip
41사십일sasipil
42사십이sasipi
43사십삼sasipsam
44사십사sasipsa
45사십오sasipo
46사십육sasipyuk
47사십칠sasipchil
48사십팔sasippal
49사십구sasipgu
50오십osip
51오십일osipil
52오십이osipi
53오십삼osipsam
54오십사osipsa
55오십오osipo
56오십육osipyuk
57오십칠osipchil
58오십팔osippal
59오십구osipgu

Minutes in Korean

Here’s how the Sino-Korean numbers are used for telling the time:

Sino-Korean number + 분 = Minutes

This table shows the minutes from 1 to 59 using Sino-Korean numbers combined with (bun) for “minute.”

Time (Minute)HangeulRevised Romanization
1 minute일 분il bun
2 minutes이 분i bun
3 minutes삼 분sam bun
4 minutes사 분sa bun
5 minutes오 분o bun
6 minutes육 분yuk bun
7 minutes칠 분chil bun
8 minutes팔 분pal bun
9 minutes구 분gu bun
10 minutes십 분sip bun
11 minutes십일 분sip-il bun
12 minutes십이 분sip-i bun
13 minutes십삼 분sip-sam bun
14 minutes십사 분sip-sa bun
15 minutes십오 분si-bo bun
16 minutes십육 분sip-yuk bun
17 minutes십칠 분sip-chil bun
18 minutes십팔 분sip-pal bun
19 minutes십구 분sip-gu bun
20 minutes이십 분i-sip bun
21 minutes이십일 분i-sip-il bun
22 minutes이십이 분i-sip-i bun
23 minutes이십삼 분i-sip-sam bun
24 minutes이십사 분i-sip-sa bun
25 minutes이십오 분i-sip-o bun
26 minutes이십육 분i-sip-yuk bun
27 minutes이십칠 분i-sip-chil bun
28 minutes이십팔 분i-sip-pal bun
29 minutes이십구 분i-sip-gu bun
30 minutes삼십 분sam-sip bun
31 minutes삼십일 분sam-sip-il bun
32 minutes삼십이 분sam-sip-i bun
33 minutes삼십삼 분sam-sip-sam bun
34 minutes삼십사 분sam-sip-sa bun
35 minutes삼십오 분sam-sip-o bun
36 minutes삼십육 분sam-sip-yuk bun
37 minutes삼십칠 분sam-sip-chil bun
38 minutes삼십팔 분sam-sip-pal bun
39 minutes삼십구 분sam-sip-gu bun
40 minutes사십 분sa-sip bun
41 minutes사십일 분sa-sip-il bun
42 minutes사십이 분sa-sip-i bun
43 minutes사십삼 분sa-sip-sam bun
44 minutes사십사 분sa-sip-sa bun
45 minutes사십오 분sa-sip-o bun
46 minutes사십육 분sa-sip-yuk bun
47 minutes사십칠 분sa-sip-chil bun
48 minutes사십팔 분sa-sip-pal bun
49 minutes사십구 분sa-sip-gu bun
50 minutes오십 분o-sip bun
51 minutes오십일 분o-sip-il bun
52 minutes오십이 분o-sip-i bun
53 minutes오십삼 분o-sip-sam bun
54 minutes오십사 분o-sip-sa bun
55 minutes오십오 분o-si-bo bun
56 minutes오십육 분o-sip-yuk bun
57 minutes오십칠 분o-sip-chil bun
58 minutes오십팔 분o-sip-pal bun
59 minutes오십구 분o-sip-gu bun

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