What does charyeot kuki yedihe gyeongney mean in Korean?

Answer 1

It means: "Attention! Bow to the National Flag."

These are commands given by a Taekwondo instructor to the students at the beginning and end of class. Your phonetic translation is only slightly off.

"charyeot kuki yedihe gyeongney"

[I'm not sure what your "yedihe" is supposed to mean, but the "ye" might be the suffix "e" pronounced "ay" on the end of "kuki" as in "kuki-e." sounds like "guk-gee-ay"]

This should be written as:

Charyeot! Gukgi-e gyyongrye = Attention

In Korean Hangeul (written language of Korea), it is:

차렷 ! 국기에 경례

Broken down into its parts:

차렷 = Charyeot = Attention (command to stand at the position of attention)

국기 = Gukgi - e = to National Flag ("Guk" means "country" or "nation." It is sometimes translated as "Kuk" since the "G" and "K" are written the same in Korean Hangeul, and are basically interchangeable. However, most South Korean pronunciations place a harder "G" sound at the beginning of a syllable, and the softer "k" sound at the end of a syllable. "Gi" is sometimes written as "Ki" and means a flag. Thus, "Gukgi" means "National Flag." The "Taegukgi" is the National flag of Korea.

에 = e = This is a suffix added on the end of "Guk" to indicate to bow "in the direction of" as in saying "to the flag." Otherwise, "Gukgi gyeongne" is saying "bow national flag" instead of "bow to the national flag."

경례 = Gyeong-rye = Salute or bow (This should be pronounced "Gyuhng - ryay." It is often written as "Gyeong-nye" and pronounced as "Gyuhng - nay"