고질병

Korean

Etymology

Sino-Korean word from 痼疾 (“chronic illness”) + 病 (“disease”), with compound/genitive tensing applied.

Pronunciation

• (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [ko̞d͡ʑiɭp͈jʌ̹ŋ]
• Phonetic hangul: [고질뼝]

Romanizations
Revised Romanization?	gojilbyeong
Revised Romanization (translit.)?	gojilbyeong
McCune–Reischauer?	kojilpyŏng
Yale Romanization?	kocilqpyeng

Noun

고질병 • (gojilbyeong) (hanja 痼疾病)

1. A chronic disease, a disease that is not easily healed.

   우울증이 내 고질병이야.

   uuljeung'i nae gojilbyeong'iya.

   I am chronically depressed.