Jeju

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벵완읫 (beng'wanuit bang)

Etymology

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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

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Romanizations
Revised Romanization?beng'wan
Revised Romanization (translit.)?beng'wan
Yale Romanization?peyng.wan

Noun

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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

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