흉년

Korean

Etymology

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

Pronunciation
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”)
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