How to Say Goodbye in Korean: 8 Phrases and Who Each One Is For
The Goodbye That Splits in Two Most guides on how to say goodbye in Korean hand you 안녕히 가세요 and stop there. That is how people end up saying it to a shopkeeper while walking out of the shop, which is wrong. Korean splits goodbye by who is moving. One phrase means "go well" and one means "stay well", and you pick based on whether you are the one leaving or the one staying put. On top of that, every version comes in three politeness levels, and the casual one you learned from a drama is the one that will embarrass you in front of someone older. Below are eight expressions, ordered from the safest to the most restricted, each with the person you can say it to. Situation Saying goodbye when parting with someone How much politeness matters High - the phrase changes with who is leaving and with the age or rank gap Safe default 안녕히 가세요 (annyeonghi gaseyo) - say it to the person who is walking away If You Only Remember One If you are the one staying and t...