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처음 뵙겠습니다

It is my first time meeting you; nice to meet you

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Explanation

처음 뵙겠습니다 is a respectful expression for meeting someone for the first time. 뵙다 is the humble form related to 보다, “to see or meet.”

It commonly follows 안녕하세요 in a formal introduction. The sequence sounds especially appropriate in business meetings, introductions through another person, interviews, and meetings with someone senior.

The expression emphasizes that this is the first meeting. 만나서 반갑습니다 instead emphasizes being pleased to meet the person, so the two expressions can appear together.

In relaxed everyday introductions, 만나서 반가워요 may sound warmer and less formal. Match the rest of your speech level rather than memorizing one fixed script for every situation.

Examples

안녕하세요. 처음 뵙겠습니다.

annyeonghaseyo. cheoeum boepgetseumnida.

Hello. It is nice to meet you for the first time.

김 부장님, 처음 뵙겠습니다. 에릭이라고 합니다.

gim bujangnim, cheoeum boepgetseumnida. erigirago hamnida.

Manager Kim, it is nice to meet you. My name is Erik.

처음 뵙겠습니다. 만나서 반갑습니다.

cheoeum boepgetseumnida. mannaseo bangapseumnida.

It is our first meeting. I am pleased to meet you.

Mini dialogue

안녕하세요. 스웨덴에서 온 에릭입니다. 처음 뵙겠습니다.

Hello. I am Erik from Sweden. It is nice to meet you.

네, 만나서 반갑습니다.

Yes, I am pleased to meet you.

Common mistakes

  • Do not use 처음 뵙겠습니다 when you have already met the person unless you are correcting a misunderstanding or joking.
  • Do not reduce the rest of the introduction to casual speech immediately after this formal expression.

How to practice

  1. Place 안녕하세요 before it in a complete first-meeting opener.
  2. Add your name or role before or after it depending on the flow of the introduction.
  3. Use 만나서 반갑습니다 as a compatible follow-up, not as a word-for-word duplicate.

Check yourself

Question 1 of 1

What does 처음 뵙겠습니다 emphasize?

Connected learning paths

When to use itAll Korean greeting situationsSee where this formal first-meeting line fits in a complete introduction.VocabularyStart with 안녕하세요Open the encounter with the default polite hello before this first-meeting line.CounterpartRelated first-meeting line: 만나서 반갑습니다Add or substitute a natural “pleased to meet you” expression.Compare처음 뵙겠습니다 vs 만나서 반갑습니다Compare a formal first-meeting statement with “pleased to meet you.”PracticePractice a formal first meetingPut 안녕하세요 and 처음 뵙겠습니다 into a natural sequence.

Keep learning

Korean greetings by situation안녕: casual hello and goodbye안녕하십니까: formal-deferential hello만나서 반갑습니다여보세요: Korean phone hello안녕히 가세요안녕히 계세요잘 가요 and 잘 가

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