망하다

Korean

Etymology

망(亡) (mang, ruin, Sino-Korean morpheme) + 하다 (-hada, to do, light verb deriving active verbs).

Pronunciation

Romanizations
Revised Romanization?manghada
Revised Romanization (translit.)?manghada
McCune–Reischauer?manghada
Yale Romanization?manghata

Verb

망하다 • (manghada) (infinitive 망해 or 망하여, sequential 망하니) (intransitive)

  1. to fail, to go under; to go broke, to go bankrupt
    Antonym: 흥(興)하다 (heunghada)
    완전히 망하다wanjeonhi manghadato fail completely
    한국 심각한 저출산으로 인해 망하게 생겼다.
    Han'gug-eun simgakhan jeochulsan-euro inhae myeotsip nyeon dwi-e manghage saenggyeotda.
    Korea is going to perish a few decades later due to its severely low birthrate.
    • 2013 June, 유응오 [yueung'o], 이번 생은 망했다 우리 시대 고승 18인의 출가기 [ibeon saeng'eun manghaetda - uri sidae goseung 18inui chulgagi], 샘터사 [saemteosa], →ISBN:
      이번 망했다 우리 시대 고승 18 출가
      ibeon saeng-eun manghaetda - uri sidae goseung sip'parin-ui chulgagi
      This life time has been ruined - the journey of entering priesthood by 18 priests of our time
    • 2018 April, NN, 우리 집은 망했다 [uri jibeun manghaetda], 이색 [isaek], →ISBN:
      우리 망했다.
      Uri jib-eun manghaetda.
      My family has gone under.
  2. (Pyongan, Seoul, Gangwon) to be bad, to be rough, to be immoral; to not like: Unlike the Standard Korean definition, there are multiple uses of the term and can be used interchangeably with 나쁘다 (nappeuda), 싫다 (silta) and a variety of other more negative verbs.
    사람 이렇게 망허네? (Pyongan)
    Geu saram-i wae ireoke mangheone?
    Why is that person so bad?
    버스 타는 망해라서.
    Na beoseu taneun ge manghaeraseo.
    Because I don't like taking the bus.
    근너 바우 하나 망했구나. (Gangwon, Yangyang)
    Jeo geunneo bau hana-ga manghaetguna.
    So that opposite boulder was bad.

Conjugation

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