"처음 뵙겠습니다!"

Translation: Nice to meet you!

[Transparentium]

What happened to "만나서 반갑십니다"? Is that not more common than this? I have never heard this one before.

[SeanFogart4]

"만나서 반갑습니다!" 368 000 ("I'm happy to meet you.")

"처음 뵙겠습니다!" 302 000 (Only said when meeting someone for the very first time.)

[oee16]

처음 뵙겠습니다! [Lit. ~Nice to see you for the first time] = Nice to meet you or Pleased to meet you.

만나서 반갑습니다! [Lit. ~Glad we meet] = Nice to see you.

Note:

처음 (pure Korean expression) stands for "first experience".
Used with 반갑습니다, it indicates the meeting is the first encounter.

[oee16]

"첨" short for 처음.

[Le_choc]

Do people actually say this?

[JansonLau1]

Pretty sure they actually do. At least ive heard it being said in korean dramas

[Winston298006]

I learned (만나서) 반갑습니다.

[HelloMichaelh]

No audio when tapping on the individual words.

[hunter.e.p]

Instead of nice to meet you, is it more a "nice to see you"? The base for the verb looks like "to see"

[BryanH6]

Its actually 'first time to see you.' You dont say this when you know someone well/see them frequently, which is why "Nice to see you" is not an accurate translation. In English we can use that with a friend we already know.

[SeanFogart4]

The Japanese equivalent, if that helps, comes out to "First time to lay eyes on." It's used mostly impolitely in English (I've laid eyes on ~) but backwards in this part of the world (You've come to lay eyes on/notice me). IMHO it's more like "It's an honour to make your acquaintance." It's very polite.

[Jeong-JinL]

Many (maybe all?) alternate roots found in the more polite forms are observably indirect in meaning.

[Jeong-JinL]

I'm not sure I agree that "nice to meet you" and "good to meet you" have a difference in meaning, Duo. Flagging that.

[kay45100]

What's 처음??? Always hear it in dramas...

[oee16]

처음 - first experience/time; beginning