벵완

Jeju

Etymology

Sino-Korean word from 病院. An orthographic borrowing from Japanese (びょう)(いん) (byōin) and cognate with Korean 병원 (byeong'won).

Pronunciation

  • (Morphophonemic) IPA(key): ⫽peŋwan⫽
  • (Jeju City) IPA(key): [peŋwan]
  • Phonetic hangul: []
Romanizations
Revised Romanization?beng'wan
Revised Romanization (translit.)?beng'wan
Yale Romanization?peyng.wan

Noun

벵완 (beng'wan)

  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

Alternative forms

  • 빙원 (bing'won)