병원

Korean

Etymology

Sino-Korean word from 病院, from 病 (“sickness”) + 院 (“house”). An orthographic borrowing from Japanese 病院(びょういん) (byōin) and cognate with Jeju 벵완 (beng'wan).

Pronunciation

• (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [ˈpjɘ(ː)ŋwʌ̹n]
• Phonetic hangul: [병(ː)원]
  • Though still prescribed in Standard Korean, most speakers in both Koreas no longer distinguish vowel length.

Romanizations
Revised Romanization?	byeong'won
Revised Romanization (translit.)?	byeong'won
McCune–Reischauer?	pyŏngwŏn
Yale Romanization?	pyēngwen

Noun

병원 • (byeong'won) (hanja 病院)

1. a hospital
2. (by extension) any facility for healing or treatment of people, animals, or things
3. (South Korean law) a medical facility capable of handling 30 or more patients at a time