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)