성병

Korean

Etymology

Sino-Korean word from 性病, from 性 (“sex”) + 病 (“sickness”), with compound/genitive tensing applied.

Pronunciation

  • (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA(key): [ˈsʰɘ(ː)ŋp͈jʌ̹ŋ]
  • Phonetic hangul: [성(ː)뼝]
    • Though still prescribed in Standard Korean, most speakers in both Koreas no longer distinguish vowel length.
Romanizations
Revised Romanization?seongbyeong
Revised Romanization (translit.)?seongbyeong
McCune–Reischauer?sŏngpyŏng
Yale Romanization?sēngqpyeng

Noun

성병 • (seongbyeong) (hanja 性病)

  1. a sexually transmitted disease; a venereal disease
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