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Korean
Etymology
Sino-Korean word from 患者, from 患 (“sickness”) + 者 (“person”)
Pronunciation
- (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA(key):
- Phonetic hangul:
- Though still prescribed in Standard Korean, most speakers in both Koreas no longer distinguish vowel length.
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| Revised Romanization? | hwanja |
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| Revised Romanization (translit.)? | hwanja |
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| McCune–Reischauer? | hwanja |
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| Yale Romanization? | hwān.ca |
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Noun
환자 • (hwanja) (hanja 患者)
- a medical patient
2023 April 21, SAMG ENTERTAINMENT, Youtube, sourced from Secret Catch! Teenieping episode 5:환자 발견, 즉시 치료 개시, 삐뽀!- Hwanja balgyeon, jeuksi chiryo gaesi, ppippo!
- Discovered a patient, commence treatment promptly, ppippo!