고질병

Korean

Etymology

Sino-Korean word from 痼疾 (“chronic illness”) + 病 (“disease”), with compound/genitive tensing applied.

Pronunciation
  • (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA(key): [ko̞d͡ʑiɭp͈jʌ̹ŋ]
  • Phonetic hangul: [고질뼝]
Romanizations
Revised Romanization?gojilbyeong
Revised Romanization (translit.)?gojilbyeong
McCune–Reischauer?kojilpyŏng
Yale Romanization?kocilqpyeng

Noun

고질병 • (gojilbyeong) (hanja 痼疾病)

  1. A chronic disease, a disease that is not easily healed.
    우울증이 내 고질병이야.
    uuljeung'i nae gojilbyeong'iya.
    I am chronically depressed.
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