염병

염병

Korean

Etymology

Sino-Korean word from 染病.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key)[ˈjɘːmbjʌ̹ŋ]
• Phonetic Hangul[염:병]

Revised Romanization? yeombyeong Revised Romanization (translit.)? yeombyeong McCune–Reischauer? yŏmbyŏng Yale Romanization? yēmpyeng

Noun

염병 • (yeombyeong) (hanja 染病)

1. (medicine, informal) typhoid fever
2. Short for 전염병 (jeonyeombyeong).

Derived terms

• 염병하다 (yeombyeonghada)