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Korean
Etymology
Sino-Korean word from 北伐, from 北 (“north”) + 伐 (“conquer”).
Pronunciation
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| Revised Romanization? | bukbeol |
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| Revised Romanization (translit.)? | bugbeol |
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| McCune–Reischauer? | pukpŏl |
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| Yale Romanization? | pukpel |
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Noun
북벌 • (bukbeol) (hanja 北伐)
- northern conquest; conquest of a northern region
- Coordinate term: 남정(南征) (namjeong)
- (historical) various aborted plans by seventeenth-century Koreans to attack Qing China, most seriously considered during the reign of Hyojong (1649−1659)
- (historical) the Northern Expedition (military campaign launched in 1926 by the Chinese Kuomintang government against various forces in North China)