전염병

Korean

Etymology

Sino-Korean word from 傳染病, from 傳染 (contagious) + (illness)

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key)[t͡ɕʌ̹ɲjʌ̹mbjʌ̹ŋ]
  • Phonetic Hangul[]
Revised Romanization? jeonyeombyeong
Revised Romanization (translit.)? jeon-yeombyeong
McCune–Reischauer? chŏnyŏmbyŏng
Yale Romanization? cen.yempyeng

Noun

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 yu-ipdoen jeonyeombyeong-euro sumjyeotda.
    After Europeans began settling in the Americas, many millions of indigenous Americans died from epidemics of imported diseases such as smallpox.

Derived terms

See also

  • 옮다 (omda)
  • 전염 (jeonyeom)
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