병독

Korean

Etymology

Sino-Korean word from 病毒

Pronunciation

  • (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA(key): [ˈpjɘ(ː)ŋdo̞k̚]
  • Phonetic hangul: [(ː)]
    • Though still prescribed in Standard Korean, most speakers in both Koreas no longer distinguish vowel length.
Romanizations
Revised Romanization?byeongdok
Revised Romanization (translit.)?byeongdog
McCune–Reischauer?pyŏngdok
Yale Romanization?pyēngtok

Noun

병독 • (byeongdok) (hanja 病毒)

  1. (medicine) virus

Synonyms