망하다

Korean

Etymology

망(亡) (mang, ruin, Sino-Korean morpheme) + 하다 (-hada, to do, light verb deriving active verbs).

Pronunciation

Romanizations
Revised Romanization?manghada
Revised Romanization (translit.)?manghada
McCune–Reischauer?manghada
Yale Romanization?manghata

Verb

망하다 (manghada) (infinitive 망해 or 망하여, sequential 망하니) (intransitive)

  1. to fail, to go under; to go broke, to go bankrupt
    Antonym: 흥(興)하다 (heunghada)
    완전히 망하다wanjeonhi manghadato fail completely
    한국 심각한 저출산으로 인해 망하게 생겼다.
    han'gug-eun simgakhan jeochulsan-euro inhae myeotsip nyeon dwi-e manghage saenggyeotda.
    Korea is going to perish a few decades later due to its severely low birthrate.
    • 2013 June, 유응오, 이번 생은 망했다 우리 시대 고승 18인의 출가기, 샘터사, →ISBN:
      이번 망했다 우리 시대 고승 18 출가
      ibeon saeng-eun manghaetda - uri sidae goseung sip'parin-ui chulgagi
      This life time has been ruined - the journey of entering priesthood by 18 priests of our time
    • 2018 April, NN, 우리 집은 망했다, 이색, →ISBN:
      우리 망했다.
      uri jib-eun manghaetda.
      My family has gone under.
  2. (Pyongan, Gyeonggi, Gangwon) to be bad, to be rough, to be immoral; to not like: Unlike the Standard Korean definition, there are multiple uses of the term and can be used interchangeably with 나쁘다 (nappeuda), 싫다 (silta) and a variety of other more negative verbs.
    사람 이렇게 망허네? (Pyongan)
    geu saram-i wae ireoke mangheone?
    Why is that person so bad?
    버스 타는 망해라서.
    na beoseu taneun ge manghaeraseo.
    Because I don't like taking the bus.
    근너 바우 하나 망했구나. (Gangwon, Yangyang)
    jeo geunneo bau hana-ga Manghaetguna.
    So that opposite boulder was bad.

Conjugation

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