How to Say "Classroom" in Korean

교실

gyosil[ˈkjo(ː)ɕʰiɭ]

The English phrase 'classroom' is translated into Korean as 교실 (gyosil). Wiktionary also lists 교장 (gyojang).

Meaning: room in a school (noun)

Ways to say it

“classroom” in Korean
Korean	Romanization (Wiktionary)	IPA
교실	gyosil	[ˈkjo(ː)ɕʰiɭ] (SK Standard, Seoul, narrow)
교장	gyojang	[ˈkjo(ː)d͡ʑa̠ŋ] (SK Standard, Seoul, narrow)

The term refers to a room within a school.

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English speakers may confuse 교실 (classroom) with 교장 (principal) due to their similar phonetic start, but they refer to entirely different things.

In South Korean schools, the 'classroom' is often the center of a student's social life because students usually stay in one 교실 all day while teachers move between rooms.
While 교실 means 'classroom', the character for 'room' 실 is also used in the word 실례합니다 to mean 'excuse me'. In that context, it refers to a 'mistake' or 'rudeness' rather than a physical room.
While 교실 refers to the physical space, the word 교실 can sometimes be used metonymically in Korean to refer to the entire class or the students within it.

톰은 아무도 교실에 없었다고 말했다.
Tom said no one was in the classroom.
Tatoeba #13118820 by romzzo, translation #6223446 by CK
나는 방과후에 교실을 청소하는 학생들을 보고 몹시 놀랐다.
I was very surprised to see students cleaning their classroom after school.
Tatoeba #11107566 by intertime, translation #271855 by CK
2교실
Classroom 2
교실이 어디에 있어요?
Where is the classroom?
저는 교실에 있어요.
I am in the classroom
우리 교실은 아주 넓어요.
uri gyosireun aju neolbeoyo.
Our classroom is very spacious.

Jihoon and Jieun are looking for their classroom before class starts.

지훈 Ji-hun

지은아, 우리 교실이 어디 있지?
jieuna, uri gyosiri eodi itji?
Jieun, where is our classroom?
지은 Ji-eun

저기 복도 끝에 있는 교실이야.
jeogi bokdo kkeute inneun gyosiriya.
It's the classroom at the end of that hallway.
지훈 Ji-hun

아, 찾았다! 저기 있구나.
a, chajatda! jeogi itguna.
Ah, found it! There it is.
지은 Ji-eun

빨리 들어가자.
ppalli deureogaja.
Let's go inside quickly.

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