How to Say “Could you call a taxi for me” in Korean

택시 좀 불러 주세요

taeksi jom bulleo juseyo

Situation: Getting around & directionsLevel: Beginner (TOPIK 1–2)

Meaning

Could you call a taxi for me?

A request you can make to hotel or shop staff. 부르다 means “to call.”

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

Ask hotel, restaurant or shop staff to phone for a taxi when you don’t want to hail one yourself. The 좀 makes the request softer.

불러 주세요 means “call (one) for me”, whereas 잡아 주세요 would mean “hail one”. 부르다 is irregular, which is why the stem changes to 불러.

Syllables: 8 · Words: 4

Said aloud, it sounds like [택씨 좀 불러 주세요].

Syllable	Letters (consonant + vowel + final)	Romanization
택시
택	ㅌ+ㅐ+ㄱ	taek
시	ㅅ+ㅣ	[씨] si
좀	ㅈ+ㅗ+ㅁ	jom
불러
불	ㅂ+ㅜ+ㄹ	bul
러	ㄹ+ㅓ	leo
주세요
주	ㅈ+ㅜ	ju
세	ㅅ+ㅔ	se
요	ㅇ+ㅛ	yo

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

Tensing: after a final ㄱ, ㄷ or ㅂ sound, ㄱ, ㄷ, ㅂ, ㅅ and ㅈ become tense (ㄲ, ㄸ, ㅃ, ㅆ, ㅉ). 택시 → [택씨]

Style: Polite (해요체)Sentence type: Request

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

It contains the honorific -(으)시-, which shows respect to the person being talked about or talked to.

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

Korean	Part of speech	Meaning	Level
택시	noun	taxi	TOPIK level 1
주다	verb	to give	TOPIK level 1

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Question 1 What does “택시 좀 불러 주세요” mean?

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Answer: Could you call a taxi for me?

Question 2 How is “택시 좀 불러 주세요” pronounced?

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Answer: [택씨 좀 불러 주세요]

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