우려

Korean

Etymology

Sino-Korean word from 憂慮, from 憂 (“anxiety”) + 慮 (“thinking”)

Pronunciation

• (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [uɾjʌ̹]
• Phonetic hangul: [우려]

Romanizations
Revised Romanization?	uryeo
Revised Romanization (translit.)?	ulyeo
McCune–Reischauer?	uryŏ
Yale Romanization?	wulye

Noun

우려 • (uryeo) (hanja 憂慮)

1. concern; worry
2. (law) reason to believe

Derived terms

• 우려되다 (uryeodoeda, “to give cause for concern”)
• 우려하다 (uryeohada, “to worry”)