곤란

Korean

Etymology

Sino-Korean word from 困難

Pronunciation

  • (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA(key): [ˈko̞(ː)ɭɭa̠n]
  • Phonetic hangul: [(ː)]
    • Though still prescribed in Standard Korean, most speakers in both Koreas no longer distinguish vowel length.
Romanizations
Revised Romanization?gollan
Revised Romanization (translit.)?gonlan
McCune–Reischauer?kollan
Yale Romanization?kōnlan

Noun

곤란 • (gollan) (hanja 困難)

  1. trouble; difficulty
    그렇게 하기 가 곤란 하단 말씀 입니다.
    Geureoke hagi ga gollan hadan malsseum imnida.
    I'm saying that it's difficult to do that.

Derived terms