고생

Korean

Etymology

Sino-Korean word from 苦生, from 苦 (“distressing”) + 生 (“life”)

Pronunciation

• (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [ko̞sʰɛŋ] ~ [ko̞sʰe̞ŋ]
• Phonetic hangul: [고생/고셍]

Romanizations
Revised Romanization?	gosaeng
Revised Romanization (translit.)?	gosaeng
McCune–Reischauer?	kosaeng
Yale Romanization?	kosayng

Noun

고생 • (gosaeng) (hanja 苦生)

1. suffering

Derived terms

• 고생하다 (苦生하다, gosaenghada)