북벌

Korean

Etymology

    Sino-Korean word from 北伐, from 北 (“north”) + 伐 (“conquer”).

    Pronunciation

    Romanizations
    Revised Romanization?bukbeol
    Revised Romanization (translit.)?bugbeol
    McCune–Reischauer?pukpŏl
    Yale Romanization?pukpel

    Noun

    북벌 • (bukbeol) (hanja 北伐)

    1. northern conquest; conquest of a northern region
      Coordinate term: 남정(南征) (namjeong)
    2. (historical) various aborted plans by seventeenth-century Koreans to attack Qing China, most seriously considered during the reign of Hyojong (1649−1659)
    3. (historical) the Northern Expedition (military campaign launched in 1926 by the Chinese Kuomintang government against various forces in North China)
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