병원

Korean

Etymology

Sino-Korean word from 病院, from 病 (“sickness”) + 院 (“house”)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈpjɘːŋwʌ̹n]

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IPA(key)	[ˈpjɘːŋwʌ̹n]
Phonetic Hangul	병:원
Romanizations
RR	byeong-won
RR (translit.)	byeong-won
MC	pyŏngwŏn
Yale	pyēng.wen

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