고비

Of native Korean origin.

• (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [ko̞bi]
• Phonetic hangul: [고비]

고비 • (gobi)

1. Osmunda japonica

First attested in the Bullyu dugongbu si eonhae (分類杜工部詩諺解 / 분류두공부시언해), 1481, as Middle Korean 고ᄇᆡ (Yale: kwopoy).

• (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [ko̞bi]
• Phonetic hangul: [고비]

고비 • (gobi)

1. crisis, critical moment

Borrowed from English Gobi.

• (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [ko̞bi]
• Phonetic hangul: [고비]

고비 • (Gobi)

1. the Gobi Desert

   Synonym: 고비 사막(沙漠) (Gobi samak)

Sino-Korean word from 股腓, from 股 (“thigh”) + 腓 (“calf”).

• (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [ko̞bi]
• Phonetic hangul: [고비]

고비 • (gobi) (hanja 股腓)

1. the thigh and calf; the leg or legs

Sino-Korean word from 考妣 (“one's deceased parents”).

• (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [ˈko̞(ː)bi]
• Phonetic hangul: [고(ː)비]
  • Though still prescribed in Standard Korean, most speakers in both Koreas no longer distinguish vowel length.

고비 • (gobi) (hanja 考妣)

1. one's deceased father and mother

First attested in the Yeogeo yuhae (譯語類解 / 역어유해), 1690, as Early Modern Korean 고비 (Yale: kwopi).

• (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [ko̞bi]
• Phonetic hangul: [고비]

고비 • (gobi)

1. letterbox

Sino-Korean word from 叩扉. Compare Japanese 叩(こう)扉(ひ) (kōhi, “beating on someone's door; a visit to someone”).

• (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [ko̞bi]
• Phonetic hangul: [고비]

고비 • (gobi) (hanja 叩扉)

1. visiting someone's residence

Sino-Korean word from 高鼻.

• (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [ko̞bi]
• Phonetic hangul: [고비]

고비 • (gobi) (hanja 高鼻)

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Sino-Korean word from 苦悲, from 苦 (“pain, suffering”) + 悲 (“grief, melancholy”).

• (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [ko̞bi]
• Phonetic hangul: [고비]

고비 • (gobi) (hanja 苦悲)

1. suffering and misery

Sino-Korean word from 高卑.

• (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [ko̞bi]
• Phonetic hangul: [고비]

고비 • (gobi) (hanja 高卑)

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Sino-Korean word from 古碑. See also Japanese 古碑(こひ) (kohi).

• (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [ˈko̞(ː)bi]
• Phonetic hangul: [고(ː)비]
  • Though still prescribed in Standard Korean, most speakers in both Koreas no longer distinguish vowel length.

고비 • (gobi) (hanja 古碑)

1. old stelae or gravestones

Sino-Korean word from 高飛 (“to soar”).

• (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [ko̞bi]
• Phonetic hangul: [고비]

고비 • (gobi) (hanja 高飛)

1. flying high, soaring

Sino-Korean word from 高批. See also Japanese 高(こう)批(ひ) (kōhi).

• (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [ko̞bi]
• Phonetic hangul: [고비]

고비 • (gobi) (hanja 高批)

1. an honorific term for criticism or feedback received

고비 • (gobi)

1. Gyeongsang form of 고삐 (goppi, “reins, bridle”)