심각하다 — meaning in Hindi

[simgakhada] · adjective · 4 · environment

हिंदी: गंभीर

English: serious

Example sentence

“문제가 생각보다 심각해요.”

समस्या सोच से अधिक गंभीर है।

Korean adjectives behave like verbs: they take endings for tense and politeness (예뻐요, 예뻤어요).
An attributive adjective comes before the noun and changes form: 예쁘다 → 예쁜 꽃.
Some Korean adjectives are native and some are Sino-Korean, and a few come from verbs (있다 / 없다).
Intensity is shown with adverbs: 아주, 매우, 정말, 조금.

Word	Type	हिंदी अर्थ	English
기후	noun	जलवायु	climate
기후변화	noun	जलवायु परिवर्तन	climate change
대기	noun	वायुमंडल	atmosphere
대기오염	noun	वायु प्रदूषण	air pollution
매연	noun	धुआँ	exhaust smoke
멸종	noun	विलुप्ति	extinction
미세먼지	noun	सूक्ष्म धूल	fine dust
발전	noun	विद्युत उत्पादन	power generation
방사능	noun	रेडियोधर्मिता	radioactivity
배출	noun	उत्सर्जन	emission
보존	noun	परिरक्षण	preservation
보호	noun	संरक्षण	protection
보호하다	verb	रक्षा करना	to protect
산불	noun	जंगल की आग	forest fire
산성비	noun	अम्लीय वर्षा	acid rain
생물	noun	जीव	organism

Write two sentences of your own with 심각하다, then practise the matching grammar and take a short test the same day.

“심각하다” is a Korean word (adjective). In Hindi: गंभीर. In English: serious.

The example given is: “문제가 생각보다 심각해요.”.

심각하다 is written simgakhada. The pronunciation is given in the transcription above.

It is not flagged as a priority for TOPIK, but it is a 4-level word in the “environment” category, useful for reading and writing.

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