TOPIK I Vocabulary List: 136 Words That Recur in Every Released Exam
TOPIK I Vocabulary
There is no official TOPIK word list, so we built one from the exams themselves: every officially released TOPIK paper, analyzed for the words that keep coming back. These 136 recur in almost every real TOPIK I exam.
The full list is below, free to read. Studying it as flashcards with spaced repetition and native audio is what the deck is for.
How to study this list
Work through it in order: the list follows the deck, most-frequent words first. Twenty words a day with spaced repetition covers the full list in a week, with reviews naturally scheduled into your remaining time before the exam.
The full list
| Words 1-20 | |
|---|---|
| 사람 | person |
| 친구 | friend |
| 식당 | restaurant |
| 여행 | travel / a trip |
| 학교 | school |
| 수업 | class / lesson |
| 요즘 | these days |
| 오늘 | today |
| 회사 | company / workplace |
| 음식 | food |
| 장소 | place |
| 방법 | method / way |
| 신청 | application / signing up |
| 운동 | exercise / sports |
| 처음 | the first time |
| 가게 | store / shop |
| 동안 | while / during |
| 학생 | student |
| 자전거 | bicycle |
| 공연 | performance / show |
| Words 21-40 | |
| 병원 | hospital |
| 기분 | mood / feeling |
| 시작 | start / beginning |
| 계절 | season |
| 계획 | plan |
| 아이 | child |
| 그림 | picture / painting |
| 행사 | event |
| 요리 | cooking / a dish |
| 시간 | time / hour |
| 선물 | present / gift |
| 주말 | weekend |
| 축제 | festival |
| 내일 | tomorrow |
| 박물관 | museum |
| 공부 | studying |
| 공원 | park |
| 선생님 | teacher |
| 지금 | now |
| 내용 | content / substance |
| Words 41-60 | |
| 여자 | woman |
| 남자 | man |
| 같이 | together / like |
| 들어가다 | to enter |
| 만들다 | to make |
| 많이 | a lot / much |
| 좋아하다 | to like |
| 만나다 | to meet |
| 배우다 | to learn |
| 자주 | often |
| 가족 | family |
| 대하다 | to treat / to face |
| 이번 | this time |
| 다니다 | to attend / to go regularly |
| 가르치다 | to teach |
| 가장 | most |
| 시장 | market |
| 재미있다 | to be interesting / fun |
| 맛있다 | to be delicious |
| 정말 | really / truly |
| Words 61-80 | |
| 대화 | conversation |
| 은행 | bank |
| 기다리다 | to wait |
| 오래 | for a long time |
| 고향 | hometown |
| 안녕히 | peacefully / safely |
| 날씨 | weather |
| 공항 | airport |
| 도서관 | library |
| 예쁘다 | to be pretty |
| 보통 | usually / normally |
| 괜찮다 | to be okay |
| 중심 | center / core |
| 교실 | classroom |
| 우체국 | post office |
| 서점 | bookstore |
| 약국 | pharmacy |
| 대답 | answer |
| 이야기 | story / talk |
| 아침 | morning |
| Words 81-100 | |
| 보내다 | to send / to spend (time) |
| 함께 | along with |
| 힘들다 | to be difficult / hard |
| 노래 | song |
| 마시다 | to drink |
| 동생 | younger sibling |
| 바꾸다 | to change / to exchange |
| 가지다 | to have / to carry |
| 모르다 | to not know |
| 아프다 | to be sick / to hurt |
| 저녁 | evening / dinner |
| 나오다 | to come out |
| 극장 | theater |
| 끝나다 | to end / to be over |
| 나라 | country |
| 혼자 | alone |
| 나이 | age |
| 매일 | every day |
| 생일 | birthday |
| 날짜 | date |
| Words 101-120 | |
| 드리다 | to give (honorific) |
| 소리 | sound / noise |
| 아주 | very |
| 약속 | promise / appointment |
| 직접 | directly / in person |
| 보이다 | to be seen / to show |
| 빵집 | bakery |
| 취미 | hobby |
| 직업 | occupation / job |
| 너무 | too (much / many) |
| 마음 | mind / heart |
| 이제 | from now on |
| 휴일 | holiday / day off |
| 빨리 | quickly / fast |
| 준비 | preparation |
| 전화 | phone / phone call |
| 방학 | school vacation |
| 알리다 | to inform / to notify |
| 어제 | yesterday |
| 그리다 | to draw |
| Words 121-136 | |
| 아직 | still / yet |
| 안내 | information / guidance |
| 일찍 | early |
| 생기다 | to appear / to happen |
| 조금 | a little / a bit |
| 숙제 | homework |
| 인기 | popularity |
| 안경 | glasses |
| 백화점 | department store |
| 부모 | parents |
| 지하철 | subway |
| 편하다 | to be comfortable / convenient |
| 오랜만 | after a long time |
| 모두 | all / everyone |
| 여름 | summer |
| 오후 | afternoon |
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