Don't translate. Show the card — they tap the answer.
A translator only works one way. These cards come with answer buttons for the staff, so the conversation actually finishes — at the gukbap shop, in a taxi, at the pharmacy.
Six tools for your first day in Busan
Show the staff
Restaurant, café, market, convenience store, hotel, pharmacy — plus your own allergy card.
🚕Taxi card
"Please take me to…" for every beach, restaurant and station on this site — and the station nearest you.
🥢Busan menu decoder
Type the Hangeul you can make out. See pork, seafood and spice at a glance.
🚇Subway ears
Train your ear for "이번 역은…", then find out which pass is actually worth it.
🗣️Can you understand a Busan ajumma?
12 real scenes. Get your Busan level and challenge a friend.
💐Send flowers in Korea
Thank your host family or wish a Korean friend happy birthday — same-day delivery anywhere in Korea via 이름꽃 (Arrive in Bloom), priced in USD, plus the Korean line for the card.
🆘SOS card
One-tap 112 / 119 / 1330, "where am I" by nearest station, and a medical card for paramedics.
📊How many foreigners live in Korea?
Live official figures from Statistics Korea (KOSIS): the total, the year-by-year trend and the biggest communities. You are not alone.
🤝Learn Hangul, make Korean friends
Read Hangul in 30 minutes, get your sentences corrected by Koreans and find a language partner who lives in Busan.
Why this and not a translator app?
- Two-way: the other person answers by tapping, so you never get stuck on their reply.
- Made for Busan: the dialect, Busan dishes, Busan Metro lines and stations — not Seoul textbook Korean.
- Works with no signal: open a tool once and it's saved on your phone.
- You learn while you use it — every card has audio and counts toward your streak.
Every card also teaches you the sentence. Use it three times and you won't need the card.
Learning roadmap → 30-minute course Language exchange in Busan