What does yeobo (여보) mean?
Yeobo (여보) is a Korean word for “honey” or “dear”, traditionally used between husband and wife. Some dating couples also say it in a playful way.
- Korean
- 여보
- Romanized
- yeobo
- Sounds like
- yuh-boh
- In English
- honey, dear (often for a spouse)
What it means
Yeobo has a settled, long-term feeling. It is the word people picture when they imagine a married couple calling to each other at home.
Compared with jagiya, which sounds sweet and young, yeobo sounds more domestic and steady.
When couples use it
Married couples use it in daily life. Dating couples sometimes use it as a joke, as a way of saying “we are practically married”, or when they want to sound like an old couple.
In dramas, it often appears in scenes about married life, family dinners and small domestic moments.
Example
yeobo, what should we have for dinner?
The kind of text a couple sends when they share a home.
Last updated 2026-11-12