위험

Korean

Etymology

Sino-Korean word from 危險, from 危 (“hazardous”) + 險 (“precipitous”)

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key)[ɥiɦʌ̹m] ~ [yɦʌ̹m]
  • Phonetic Hangul[위험]
Revised Romanization? wiheom
Revised Romanization (translit.)? wiheom
McCune–Reischauer? wihŏm
Yale Romanization? wihem

Noun

위험 • (wiheom) (hanja 危險)

  1. danger

Derived terms
  • 위험관리 (wiheomgwalli, “risk management”)
  • 위험하다 (wiheomhada, “to be dangerous”)
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