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병원

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Korean

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Etymology

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

    Pronunciation

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    • (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA(key): [ˈpjɘ(ː)ŋwʌ̹n]
    • Phonetic hangul: [(ː)]
      • 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

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    병원 (byeong'won) (hanja 病院)

    1. hospital
      병원으로 데려가 주세요.Byeong'won-euro deryeoga juseyo.Please take me to the 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