About this word
여보세요 is the conventional opener for an ordinary Korean phone call. Both the caller and the person answering can use it to establish the connection.
Do not use 여보세요 as a normal face-to-face greeting. Use 안녕하세요 in person, then identify yourself or state your reason for calling after 여보세요 on the phone.
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Example sentences
여보세요? 민지 씨 맞으세요?
yeoboseyo? minji ssi majeuseyo?
Hello? Is this Minji?
여보세요. 저 지훈인데요.
yeoboseyo. jeo jihunindeyo.
Hello. This is Jihun.
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