Lingo Kaiava

What does "아이씨" mean?aish

Ugh / dammit — a sound of frustration.

Language
🇰🇷 Korean
Romanized
AH-eesh
Register
Crude — know it before you say it

How it's actually used

A muttered noise of irritation, usually said to yourself. Often clipped to just 아 (ah) with a sharp tone. Extremely common in dramas whenever a character is fed up.

Examples

Before you say it

It is a softened stand-in for a much cruder word. Fine muttered among friends, not something to say at an older person.

Now actually use it out loud

Reading a definition isn't the same as saying it to someone. Lingo Kaiava is a voice tutor set to Korean — it uses 아이씨 the way locals do, corrects you in the moment, and never "fixes" the way real people actually talk into textbook Korean.

Practice Korean free →

Free to start. No signup for your first conversation.

More slang like this

All Korean slang →

Help us improve