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2024
병원
병원
Korean
Noun
병원
•
(
byeong-won
)
(
hanja
病院
)
a
hospital
(
by extension
)
any facility for healing or treatment of people, animals, or things
(
South Korean law
)
a medical facility capable of handling 30 or more patients at a time
Etymology
Sino-Korean
word from
病院
, from
病
(
“
sickness
”
)
+
院
(
“
house
”
)
Pronunciation
IPA
(key)
:
/ˈpjɘːŋwʌ̹n/
Phonetic
hangeul
:
병
:
원
Romanizations
Revised transcription
byeong-won
Revised transliteration
byeong-won
McCune–Reischauer
pyŏngwŏn
Yale
pyēng.wen
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