Korean slang profile
한달살기
handalsalgi
Living somewhere for a month
A style of travel that involves staying in one place for around a month to experience daily life and explore.
- Expanded form
- Not documented
- Other spellings
- 한 달 살기
- Earliest source found
- Dec 26, 2018
- Documented trend period
- Not verified
This is the earliest source we have verified, not the date the term was coined.
01Examples, with English translations
- Example by Julimmal
제주에서 한달살기 해 보고 싶어.
I'd like to try living in Jeju for a month.
- Quoted from a source
제주에서 한 달 내외 생활하며 여유와 여행을 즐기는 ‘한 달 살기’가 인기를 끌자 등록하지 않은 불법 숙박업체도 기승을 부리고 있다.[1]
As ‘한 달 살기’, which enjoys leisure and travel while living in Jeju for about a month, has become popular, unregistered illegal lodging companies are also on the rise.
English translation by Julimmal.
02Documented history
03Origin & word formation
Where the expression originated has not been verified. The 2018 source from Kyunghyang Shinmun only explains the meaning.
Evidence for the origin explanationLow
The meaning is supported, but the sources do not explain how the expression was formed.
04Sources
Original titles and links are preserved. An English translation does not replace the original source.
- 제주 한달살기 인기에 불법 영업 ‘기승’ 소비자 피해 ‘주의’ (경향신문)Published Dec 26, 2018Original source checked Nov 5, 2026
- [D스토리] 청년부터 학부모까지…'살아보는 여행' 한달살기 열풍 (연합뉴스)Published Jun 2, 2019Original source checked Nov 5, 2026