층

cheung

Used for

floors of a building

Floor numbers use Sino-Korean numbers: 일 층, 이 층. To count how many floors there are, native numbers come back: 세 층.

Number system

Sino-Korean numbers — 일, 이, 삼 →

Examples

• 삼 층이에요.sam cheungieyo.It's on the third floor.
• 엘리베이터 타고 십오 층으로 가세요.elribeiteo tago sibo cheungeuro gaseyo.Take the elevator to the 15th floor.
• 두 층만 걸어 올라가자.du cheungman georeo ollagaja.Let's just walk up two floors.

Common mistake

Saying 세 층 for “third floor.” That means “three floors”; the third floor is 삼 층.