Early Modern Korean
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Pronunciation
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- (mid-1700s) IPA(key): /uj.ki/, [uj.ɡi]
위기 (wuyki) (hanja 危機)
- (hidden) danger
1812, “Song 178”, in 청구영언 장서각본/靑丘永言藏書閣本 [Jangseogak edition of the Cheonggu yeong'eon]:功明을 즐겨 마라 榮辱이 半이로다
富貴를 貪치 마라 危機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.
Etymology
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Sino-Korean word from 危機 (“crisis”).
Pronunciation
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Revised Romanization? | wigi |
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Revised Romanization (translit.)? | wigi |
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McCune–Reischauer? | wigi |
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Yale Romanization? | wiki |
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위기 • (wigi) (hanja 危機)
- 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.