유행병

Korean

Alternative forms

  • 류행병 (ryuhaengbyeong) (North Korea)

Etymology

Sino-Korean word from 流行病, from 流行 (“widespreadness, circulation”) + 病 (“disease”), with compound/genitive tensing applied.

Pronunciation

  • (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA(key): [juɦɛŋp͈jʌ̹ŋ] ~ [juɦe̞ŋp͈jʌ̹ŋ]
  • Phonetic hangul: [유행뼝/유헹뼝]
Romanizations
Revised Romanization?yuhaengbyeong
Revised Romanization (translit.)?yuhaengbyeong
McCune–Reischauer?yuhaengpyŏng
Yale Romanization?yuhayngqpyeng

Noun

유행병 • (yuhaengbyeong) (hanja 流行病)

  1. (medicine) epidemic; pestilence

Derived terms

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