Dough in Korean 🇰🇷

반죽 info.

Tips to remember:
• Think of dough as a “mixture” that you work with—associate “반죽” (banjuk) with “ban” (like a bun) to remind you of bread, a product made from dough.
• Visualize kneading a lump of dough and say “banjuk” in your head to reinforce the connection.

Explanations:
• "반죽" (banjuk) refers to the raw mixture of ingredients such as flour, water, eggs, and sometimes yeast, used to make bread, pizza, or other baked goods.
• It emphasizes the process of combining and kneading ingredients before baking.

Other words with the same meaning:
• The English loanword "도우" (dou) is sometimes used interchangeably with "반죽" in the culinary context, though "반죽" is the traditional Korean term.

Alternate meanings:
• In culinary slang, "반죽" strictly means dough, and there aren’t widespread alternate slang meanings. However, in playful contexts among cooks, one might use "반죽" metaphorically to describe a “mushy mix” or a situation that’s been “kneaded” into a mess, though this usage is less common.

Example sentences:
• 나는 빵을 만들기 위해 반죽을 준비했어.
 Romanized: Naneun bbangeul mandeulgi wihae banjuk-eul junbihaesseo.
 Translation: I prepared the dough to make bread.

• 그녀는 피자 반죽을 주무르고 있다.
 Romanized: Geunyeoneun pija banjuk-eul jumureugo itda.
 Translation: She is kneading the pizza dough.

• 할머니께서 오랜 전통의 비법으로 반죽을 치대셨어요.
 Romanized: Halmeonikkeseo oraen jeontong-ui bipeobeuro banjuk-eul chidaesyeosseoyo.
 Translation: Grandma kneaded the dough using an age-old traditional recipe.

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