위기

Early Modern Korean

Pronunciation

  • (mid-1700s) IPA(key): /uj.ki/, [uj.ɡi]

Noun

위기 (wuyki) (hanja 危機)

  1. (hidden) danger
    • 1812, “Song 178”, in 청구영언 장서각본/靑丘永言藏書閣本 [Jangseogak edition of the Cheonggu yeong'eon]:
      ()() 즐겨 마라 ()() ()이로다
      ()() () 마라 ()() ᄇᆞᆲᄂᆞ니라
      KWONG.MYENG-ul culkye mala YENG.YOK-i PAN-ilwota
      PWU.KWUY-lul THAM-chi mala WUY.KI-lul polpnonila
      Do not find pleasure in fame, for glory and infamy are each half [of life],
      Do not seek out wealth, for you shall step on a hidden snare.

Korean

Etymology

Sino-Korean word from 危機 (crisis).

Pronunciation

Romanizations
Revised Romanization?wigi
Revised Romanization (translit.)?wigi
McCune–Reischauer?wigi
Yale Romanization?wiki

Noun

위기 • (wigi) (hanja 危機)

  1. crisis; impending danger
    위기 극복wigi geukbokovercoming crisis
    저출산 위기jeochulsan wigilow fertility crisis
    난민 아사 위기 처해 있다.
    Nanmin-deur-eun asa-ui wigi-e cheohae itda.
    The refugees are in danger of starving to death.
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