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Korean
Etymology
Sino-Korean word from 病院, from 病 (“sickness”) + 院 (“house”). An orthographic borrowing from Japanese 病院 (byōin) and cognate with Jeju 벵완 (beng'wan).
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? | byeong'won |
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| Revised Romanization (translit.)? | byeong'won |
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| McCune–Reischauer? | pyŏngwŏn |
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| Yale Romanization? | pyēngwen |
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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