흉년

Korean

Etymology

Sino-Korean word from 凶年, from 凶 (“inauspicious, bad luck”) + 年 (“year”).

Pronunciation

• (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [çuŋɲʌ̹n]
• Phonetic hangul: [흉년]

Romanizations
Revised Romanization?	hyungnyeon
Revised Romanization (translit.)?	hyungnyeon
McCune–Reischauer?	hyungnyŏn
Yale Romanization?	hyungnyen

Noun

흉년 • (hyungnyeon) (hanja 凶年)

1. (agriculture) lean year, year of poor harvest

   Antonym: 풍년(豊年) (pungnyeon)

2. bad year, famine

   올해 농사가 흉년이 들어 수많은 사람들이 굶주리고 있다.

   Olhae nongsa-ga hyungnyeon-i deureo sumaneun saram-deur-i gumjurigo itda.

   Thousands are going hungry because of the failure of this year’s harvest.

Derived terms

• 흉년(凶年)에 윤(閏)달 (hyungnyeone yundal, “ill comes often on the back of worse”)
• 흉년(凶年)거지 (hyungnyeon'geoji, “a beggar in a lean year”)
• 흉년작(凶年作) (hyungnyeonjak, “a bad crop”)