When to use school uniform in Korean

Korean: 교복[ gyo-bok ]

school uniform
school uniform

When to use it

A school uniform (교복) is the special clothing students wear to school. In Korea, many middle and high school students wear a school uniform every day. You can use this word when talking about wearing it, buying it, or changing clothes after school.

Example sentences

  1. 교복을 입으면 학교가 시작돼요.

    I wear my school uniform when school starts.

  2. 친구랑 교복을 바꿔입었어요.

    I swapped clothes with a friend wearing our school uniforms.

  3. 교복 색상은 학교마다 다릅니다.

    The color of the school uniform is different at each school.

  4. 교복을 사러 가보려고 해요.

    I want to go buy a new school uniform.