How do you express 'Seconds' when Telling Time in Korean?

How do you express Seconds when Telling Time in Korean?

When saying seconds in Korean, you use Sino-Korean numbers followed by 초 (cho), which means “second.”

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
11십일sip-il
12십이sip-i
13십삼sip-sam
14십사sip-sa
15십오sip-o
16십육sip-yuk
17십칠sip-chil
18십팔sip-pal
19십구sip-gu
20이십i-sip
21이십일i-sip-il
22이십이i-sip-i
23이십삼i-sip-sam
24이십사i-sip-sa
25이십오i-sip-o
26이십육i-sip-yuk
27이십칠i-sip-chil
28이십팔i-sip-pal
29이십구i-sip-gu
30삼십sam-sip
31삼십일sam-sip-il
32삼십이sam-sip-i
33삼십삼sam-sip-sam
34삼십사sam-sip-sa
35삼십오sam-sip-o
36삼십육sam-sip-yuk
37삼십칠sam-sip-chil
38삼십팔sam-sip-pal
39삼십구sam-sip-gu
40사십sa-sip
41사십일sa-sip-il
42사십이sa-sip-i
43사십삼sa-sip-sam
44사십사sa-sip-sa
45사십오sa-sip-o
46사십육sa-sip-yuk
47사십칠sa-sip-chil
48사십팔sa-sip-pal
49사십구sa-sip-gu
50오십o-sip
51오십일o-sip-il
52오십이o-sip-i
53오십삼o-sip-sam
54오십사o-sip-sa
55오십오o-sip-o
56오십육o-sip-yuk
57오십칠o-sip-chil
58오십팔o-sip-pal
59오십구o-sip-gu
60육십yuk-sip

Seconds in Korean

Here’s how the Sino-Korean numbers are used for expressing seconds in Korean:

Sino-Korean number + 초 = Seconds

This table shows the seconds from 1 to 60 using Sino-Korean numbers combined with for “second.”

Time (Second)HangeulRevised Romanization
1 second일 초il-cho
2 seconds이 초i-cho
3 seconds삼 초sam-cho
4 seconds사 초sa-cho
5 seconds오 초o-cho
6 seconds육 초yuk-cho
7 seconds칠 초chil-cho
8 seconds팔 초pal-cho
9 seconds구 초gu-cho
10 seconds십 초sip-cho
11 seconds십일 초sip-il-cho
12 seconds십이 초sip-i-cho
13 seconds십삼 초sip-sam-cho
14 seconds십사 초sip-sa-cho
15 seconds십오 초si-bo-cho
16 seconds십육 초sip-yuk-cho
17 seconds십칠 초sip-chil-cho
18 seconds십팔 초sip-pal-cho
19 seconds십구 초sip-gu-cho
20 seconds이십 초i-sip-cho
21 seconds이십일 초i-sip-il-cho
22 seconds이십이 초i-sip-i-cho
23 seconds이십삼 초i-sip-sam-cho
24 seconds이십사 초i-sip-sa-cho
25 seconds이십오 초i-sip-o-cho
26 seconds이십육 초i-sip-yuk-cho
27 seconds이십칠 초i-sip-chil-cho
28 seconds이십팔 초i-sip-pal-cho
29 seconds이십구 초i-sip-gu-cho
30 seconds삼십 초sam-sip-cho
31 seconds삼십일 초sam-sip-il-cho
32 seconds삼십이 초sam-sip-i-cho
33 seconds삼십삼 초sam-sip-sam-cho
34 seconds삼십사 초sam-sip-sa-cho
35 seconds삼십오 초sam-sip-o-cho
36 seconds삼십육 초sam-sip-yuk-cho
37 seconds삼십칠 초sam-sip-chil-cho
38 seconds삼십팔 초sam-sip-pal-cho
39 seconds삼십구 초sam-sip-gu-cho
40 seconds사십 초sa-sip-cho
41 seconds사십일 초sa-sip-il-cho
42 seconds사십이 초sa-sip-i-cho
43 seconds사십삼 초sa-sip-sam-cho
44 seconds사십사 초sa-sip-sa-cho
45 seconds사십오 초sa-sip-o-cho
46 seconds사십육 초sa-sip-yuk-cho
47 seconds사십칠 초sa-sip-chil-cho
48 seconds사십팔 초sa-sip-pal-cho
49 seconds사십구 초sa-sip-gu-cho
50 seconds오십 초o-sip-cho
51 seconds오십일 초o-sip-il-cho
52 seconds오십이 초o-sip-i-cho
53 seconds오십삼 초o-sip-sam-cho
54 seconds오십사 초o-sip-sa-cho
55 seconds오십오 초o-si-bo-cho
56 seconds오십육 초o-sip-yuk-cho
57 seconds오십칠 초o-sip-chil-cho
58 seconds오십팔 초o-sip-pal-cho
59 seconds오십구 초o-sip-gu-cho
60 seconds육십 초yuk-sip-cho

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