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Korean
Etymology
Sino-Korean word from 凶年, from 凶 (“inauspicious, bad luck”) + 年 (“year”).
Pronunciation
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| Revised Romanization? | hyungnyeon |
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| Revised Romanization (translit.)? | hyungnyeon |
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| McCune–Reischauer? | hyungnyŏn |
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| Yale Romanization? | hyungnyen |
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Noun
흉년 • (hyungnyeon) (hanja 凶年)
- (agriculture) lean year, year of poor harvest
- Antonym: 풍년(豊年) (pungnyeon)
- 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”)