How to Say “It’s pretty” in Korean: 예뻐요 (yeppeoyo)

예뻐요

yeppeoyo

Situation: Feelings & cheeringLevel: Starter (just learning Hangul)

Meaning

It’s pretty.

The basic compliment for people, scenery, or belongings. 예쁘다 drops its ㅡ and becomes 예뻐요.

Romanization follows the Revised Romanization system and is a guide to pronunciation.

Compliment objects, places, flowers, babies or clothes. It works with strangers when you talk about things.

예쁘다 becomes 예뻐요. It is about looks; for a man, 잘생겼어요 (“good-looking”) is more common. Complimenting a stranger’s looks directly may feel intrusive.

Syllables: 3 · Words: 1

It is pronounced just as it is written.

Syllable	Letters (consonant + vowel + final)	Romanization
예	ㅇ+ㅖ	ye
뻐	ㅃ+ㅓ	ppeo
요	ㅇ+ㅛ	yo

A ㅇ at the start of a syllable is silent; at the end of a syllable it sounds like “ng”.

Style: Polite (해요체)Sentence type: Statement or set phrase

Ends in -요. The everyday polite style, and a safe choice with shop staff, colleagues, strangers and anyone older than you.

These words from the TOPIK vocabulary lists appear in the phrase (shown in dictionary form).

Korean	Part of speech	Meaning	Level
예쁘다	adjective	pretty	TOPIK level 1

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Question 1 What does “예뻐요” mean?

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Answer: It’s pretty

Question 2 How do you say “It’s pretty” in Korean?

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Answer: 예뻐요 yeppeoyo

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