고생

Korean

Etymology

Sino-Korean word from 苦生, from 苦 (“distressing”) + 生 (“life”)

Pronunciation

  • (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA(key): [ko̞sʰɛŋ] ~ [ko̞sʰe̞ŋ]
  • Phonetic hangul: [고생/고셍]
Romanizations
Revised Romanization?gosaeng
Revised Romanization (translit.)?gosaeng
McCune–Reischauer?kosaeng
Yale Romanization?kosayng

Noun

고생 • (gosaeng) (hanja 苦生)

  1. suffering

Derived terms

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