“Get home safe” in Korean: 조심히 가세요 (josimhi gaseyo)

조심히 가세요

josimhi gaseyo

Situation: Greetings & basicsLevel: Intermediate (TOPIK 3–4)

Meaning

Get home safe.

A wish for the safety of someone leaving or heading out. It sounds more caring than 안녕히 가세요.

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

Say it to someone who is heading off, especially at night, in bad weather or before a long trip. It works with friends and with older people.

The person leaving doesn’t say it back; they answer with 네, 안녕히 계세요 or 감사합니다. Some careful speakers prefer the form 조심해서 가세요.

Syllables: 6 · Words: 2

It is pronounced just as it is written.

Syllable	Letters (consonant + vowel + final)	Romanization
조심히
조	ㅈ+ㅗ	jo
심	ㅅ+ㅣ+ㅁ	sim
히	ㅎ+ㅣ	hi
가세요
가	ㄱ+ㅏ	ga
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”.

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.

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

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Question 1 What does “조심히 가세요” mean?

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Answer: Get home safe

Question 2 How do you say “Get home safe” in Korean?

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Answer: 조심히 가세요 josimhi gaseyo

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