병들다

Korean

Etymology

(, byeong, “illness”) + 들다 (deulda, “to enter”)

Pronunciation

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

Verb

병들다 • (byeongdeulda) (infinitive 병들어, sequential 병드니)

  1. to fall ill/sick, to become ill
    • c. 1725, 이창중 [ichangjung, Yi Changjung], “천지일가곡/天地一家曲”, in 연연정창수록/然然亭唱酬錄:
      ()() 어듭기ᄂᆞᆫ ()() ()들엇ᄂᆡ / () 고치면 ()() 멀노소랴
      myeongmyeong-i eodeupgi-neun muryog-e byeongdeureonnae / i byeong-eul mot gochimyeon chyungchi-deul meollosorya
      It is not that [Heaven's] bright mandate is dark, but rather one is diseased by material craving / If one does not cure this disease, would one much different from insects?

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