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]:
      功(공)明(명)을 즐겨 마라 榮(영)辱(욕)이 半(반)이로다
      富(부)貴(귀)를 貪(탐)치 마라 危(위)機(기)를 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 극복 ― wigi geukbok ― overcoming crisis
    저출산 위기 ― jeochulsan wigi ― low fertility crisis
    난민들은 아사의 위기에 처해 있다.
    Nanmin-deur-eun asa-ui wigi-e cheohae itda.
    The refugees are in danger of starving to death.
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