전염병

Sino-Korean word from 傳染病, from 傳染 (“contagion”) + 病 (“illness”), with compound/genitive tensing applied.

• (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [t͡ɕʌ̹ɲʌ̹mp͈jʌ̹ŋ]
• Phonetic hangul: [저념뼝]

전염병 • (jeonyeombyeong) (hanja 傳染病)

1. an infectious disease

   유럽인들이 아메리카 대륙에 정착하기 시작하자, 수백만명의 아메리카 원주민들이 천연두 같은 유입된 전염병으로 숨졌다.

   Yureobindeuri amerika daeryuge jeongchakhagi sijakhaja, subaengmanmyeong'ui amerika wonjumindeuri cheonyeondu gateun yuipdoen jeonyeombyeong'euro sumjeotda.

   After Europeans began settling in the Americas, many millions of indigenous Americans died from epidemics of imported diseases such as smallpox.

• 염병 (染病, yeombyeong, “typhoid”)

• 옮다 (omda)
• 전염 (jeonyeom)