"물고기"

Translation: Fish

[DanielSchi22588]

So, am I right in thinking this basically means "water meat"?

[dexikiix]

literally means water meat. but it's more like how we say "sea food"

[EEdLoh]

Except seafood refers to food and, strangely enough, 물고기 (water meat) refers to live, swimming fish. 생산 is actually food.

[toggitang]

@EEdLoh 생선* :D

[Sebihoo]

So would "sea food" be correct as well?

[toggitang]

생선 refers to fish we're consuming, aka, the dead ones ready to get cooked, not seafood.

Seafood is 해물, if I am correct.

[Valencia25174]

What's the difference between 물고기 and 생선? One means fish that you can consume and the other fish in general or are they just synonyms?

[wintertriangles]

물고기 is any swimming vertebrate, 생선 is food

[Kyle648823]

You specifically said vertebrate, do squids, crabs, starfish, etc do not count as 물고기?

[sagadabeans]

I'm having trouble distinguishing this and bulgogi. The M here sounds like a B too. Any tips?

[baelasi]

물고기 sometimes has a soft "b" sound.
불고기 is more like a "p".

Trying putting them both in papago.naver.com and you can hear the difference.

[LisaEeyore]

It sounds like she's saying "bulgogi" to me too!

[Julius268099]

The M-sound in Korean initial position can be pronounced so hard that it becomes an B. The same thing happens with N --> D

[jeffbezos296193]

It doenst sound right

[MartaZamar]

I have a question - since 물고기 and 불고기 sound so similar, have you ever confused them in real life? It seems like a funny story material... XD

[dullcheeto]

mmm love me some water meat

[Stella11209]

I think that name is so cute and funny like they probably saw someone moving in the water and thought "oh that's water meat. We can eat that" lol