험악

Korean

Etymology

Sino-Korean word from 險惡.

Pronunciation

  • (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA(key): [ˈhɘ(ː)ma̠k̚]
  • Phonetic hangul: [허(ː)막]
    • Though still prescribed in Standard Korean, most speakers in both Koreas no longer distinguish vowel length.
Romanizations
Revised Romanization?heomak
Revised Romanization (translit.)?heom'ag
McCune–Reischauer?hŏmak
Yale Romanization?hēm.ak

Noun

험악 • (heomak) (hanja 險惡)

  1. danger
  2. sternness
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