망하다

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

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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 망하다 ― wanjeonhi manghada ― to fail completely

   한국은 심각한 저출산으로 인해 몇십 년 뒤에 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 생은 망했다 우리 시대 고승 18인의 출가기

     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 집은 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.

   그 사람이 왜 이렇게 망허네? (Pyongan)

   geu saram-i wae ireoke mangheone?

   Why is that person so bad?

   나 버스 타는 게 망해라서.

   Na beoseu taneun ge manghaeraseo.

   Because I don't like taking the bus.

   저 근너 바우 하나가 망했구나. (Gangwon, Yangyang)

   Jeo geunneo bau hana-ga manghaetguna.

   So that opposite boulder was bad.