Separate the holiday from the business hours

You see 공휴일 on the calendar and wonder whether a museum or shop will open. The holiday name tells you about the date, but it does not tell you every business’s hours. This lesson gives you the words to read a closure notice and ask a clear question about the place you plan to visit.

We will read the business-status words, ask about opening and closing, and separate last admission from the time a building closes. The sample notices are for language practice, rather than a calendar of current holiday hours.

Learn closure and shortened-hours words

휴무 means the business is closed or taking a day off in this setting. 정상 영업 means it is operating normally. 단축 운영 means it is operating for shorter hours. These expressions answer different questions from 공휴일, which names a public holiday. Read the date and business-status wording together.

대체공휴일 names a substitute public holiday. 운영 재개 describes restarting operations. If you see 운영 재개 with a date, you have a useful clue about when a closure ends. A calendar label and an opening-hours label may appear on the same notice, so give each its own meaning.

Ask whether a place opens and when it closes

공휴일에도 문을 열어요? asks whether a place opens on the public holiday. Adding 도 to 공휴일 gives the sense of “on the holiday too.” If you know the date, naming it can make the question easier for staff to answer.

몇 시까지 운영해요? asks how late a place operates. 마지막 입장은 몇 시예요? asks when visitors can last enter. 다음 영업일은 언제예요? asks for the next business day. Choose the question that fills the gap in the notice you are reading.

Confirm one holiday schedule

The caller asks whether Monday follows the normal schedule. The reply says hours are shorter, so the caller asks for last admission. The employee offers to check the notice; no exact admission time has been given yet. A useful follow-up would name the branch and wait for that specific time.

Practise with a fictional date. After asking whether the place opens, repeat the hours you heard: 오후 네 시까지예요? means “Until four in the afternoon?” Repeating a time gives the other person a chance to correct a misunderstanding.

Check the specific date and branch

Imagine a notice that gives closing time as six o’clock and last admission as five. A visitor arriving at half past five may find the building open but be too late to enter. 마지막 입장은 몇 시예요? asks for last admission, while 몇 시까지 운영해요? asks how late the place operates.

A branch name and date make an hours question specific. One notice might concern a single location, while another describes a temporary holiday schedule. For a real visit, use the dated notice for the branch you mean; the language here helps you understand and confirm it.

Correct likely misunderstandings

공휴일 does not mean that every shop is closed. Look for 휴무 or an opening-hours statement before deciding. Also keep last admission separate from closing time. A building may remain open for visitors already inside after it stops admitting new ones.

Try it in a familiar situation

A small listening check

References and useful next steps

• Korean–English Learners’ Dictionary — Check meanings, usage labels, conjugated examples and human recordings for the lesson vocabulary.

Reviewed September 4, 2026. Found a mistake? Send a correction.