Let's learn about "Call name in Korean Daily Life"

We seperate our relationship among our life. and we call them as followings rules generally :

1) formal office relationship

(1) to junior : 성명 + 씨
(2) to senior officers : 선배, 언니 or 직위명(대리님, 과장님, 차장님, 부장님, 수석님, 선임님)
(3) executive : 직위명(부사장님, 전무님, 상무님, 이사님, 고문님)
(4) boss,CEO : 사장님/대표님

2) formal relationship in daily social life or biz

(1) other company junior officer : 성명 + 씨
(2) senior or executive, CEO : 직함/직위명(대리님, 과장님, 차장님, 부장님, 수석님, 선임님, 이사님, 상무님, 전무님, 부사장님, 사장님/대표님

3) private relationship

1) to friendly : 이름 or 성명, 후배(님), 선배님, 언니, 동생, 아저씨
2) to unfriendly : 성명 + 씨, 사모님, 사장님
3) to unknown : 아저씨, 이모, 사장님, 할머니, 할머님, 할아버지, 할아버님
4) to family or relatives : 형(님), 언니, 동생, 누이, 엄마, 어머니, 어머님, 아빠, 아버지, 아버님, 백부님, 숙부(님), 삼촌, 이모(님), 이모부(님), 고모(님), 고모부(님), 조카, 도련님, 처제, 처형. 동서, 아저씨, 할머니, 할머님, 할아버지, 할아버님 등

* 이름 : first name
* 성명 : first name + last name(family name)


<When you first come to korea meet a strangers>

If your are younger who is under 24 years old

1) if stranger who is male is about 20-60 years old, you call him “아저씨”

2) if stranger who is white-haired male is over 60, you call him “할아버님”

where, In the eyes of Westerners, Asians can look very young, thus you call him  “아저씨” if you can for avoiding mistake.

3) 1) if stranger who is female is about 20-40 years old, you call him “언니”

2) if stranger who is a bit of white-haired female is 40-70 years old, you call him “이모”

3) ) 1) if stranger who is a white-haired female is over 70 years old, you call him “할머님”