🇰🇷Korean Source WordCode: KO

위기

Pronunciation / Transliteration: wigi

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Crisis/ˈkraɪsɪs/
nounCEFR B2 (Upper)Top #2500 frequency
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🇰🇷 Example Sentence in Korean:

"그 회사는 심각한 재정적 위기에 처해 있다."

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1 sense
As noun
  1. 1

    A time of intense difficulty, trouble, or danger.

    "The company is currently facing a financial crisis."

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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Early 17th century (in the medical sense denoting the turning point of a disease): from Greek krisis 'turning point, decision', from krinein 'decide'.

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