위안부

Korean

Etymology

    Sino-Korean word from 慰安婦, from 慰安 (“comfort”) + 婦 (“woman”), from an orthographic borrowing from Japanese 慰安婦(いあんふ) (ianfu).

    Pronunciation

    • (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA(key): [ɥia̠nbu] ~ [ya̠nbu]
    • Phonetic hangul: [위안부]
    Romanizations
    Revised Romanization?wianbu
    Revised Romanization (translit.)?wianbu
    McCune–Reischauer?wianbu
    Yale Romanization?wianpu

    Noun

    위안부 • (wianbu) (hanja 慰安婦)

    1. (historical) comfort woman (woman forced to serve the Japanese military during the Pacific War)
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