병

병 U+BCD1, 병 HANGUL SYLLABLE BYEONG Composition: ㅂ + ㅕ + ㅇ ← 볐 [U+BCD0] Hangul Syllables 볒 → [U+BCD2]

벼벽벾벿변볁볂 볃별볅볆볇볈볉 볊볋볌볍볎볏볐 병볒볓볔볕볖볗
베 ←	→ 볘

Korean

Etymology 1

Sino-Korean word from 甁 (“jug”).

Pronunciation

• (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [pjʌ̹ŋ]
• Phonetic hangul: [병]

Romanizations
Revised Romanization?	byeong
Revised Romanization (translit.)?	byeong
McCune–Reischauer?	pyŏng
Yale Romanization?	pyeng

Noun

병 • (byeong) (hanja 甁)

1. bottle; jar

   병이 깨지다. ― Byeong-i kkaejida. ― The bottle breaks.

Derived terms

• 꽃병 (kkotbyeong, “vase”)
• 물병 (mulbyeong, “water bottle”)
• 병따개 (byeongttagae, “bottle opener”)
• 병마개 (byeongmagae, “bottle cap”)
• 병목 (byeongmok, “bottle neck”)
• 술병 (sulbyeong, “liquor bottle”)
• 유리병(琉璃甁) (yuribyeong, “glass bottle”)
• 화병(花甁) (hwabyeong, “vase”)
• 화염병(火焰甁) (hwayeombyeong)

Counter

병 • (byeong) (hanja 甁)

1. Counter for bottles

Dialectal synonyms

• 벵사리 (bengsari), 병새리 (byeongsaeri), 벵새리 (bengsaeri), 병살 (byeongsal) (North Hamgyong)
• 병세리 (byeongseri) (Hwanghae)
• 버이 (beoi)
• 벵 (beng) (Jeju)
• 벵개 (benggae) (North Jeolla)
• 벵이 (beng'i), 베이 (bei) (South Gyeongsang)
• 병개 (byeonggae) (North Chungcheong, North Jeolla)
• 비 (bi)
• 빙 (bing) (Gyeongsang, South Jeolla)
• 빙이 (bing'i) (North Gyeongsang)
• 숑 (syong), 쉬영 (swiyeong), 쉬용 (swiyong), 시엉 (sieong), 시영 (siyeong), 시옹 (siong), 시용 (siyong), 슈영 (syuyeong) (South Jeolla)
• 평재 (pyeongjae) (North Hamgyong, Jilin)

Etymology 2

Sino-Korean word from 病 (“illness”). From Middle Korean 벼ᇰ〯 (Yale: pyěng).

Pronunciation

• (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [pjɘ(ː)ŋ]
• Phonetic hangul: [병(ː)]
  • Though still prescribed in Standard Korean, most speakers in both Koreas no longer distinguish vowel length.

Romanizations
Revised Romanization?	byeong
Revised Romanization (translit.)?	byeong
McCune–Reischauer?	pyŏng
Yale Romanization?	pyēng

• South Gyeongsang (Busan) pitch accent: 병의 / 병에 / 병까지

  Syllables in red take high pitch. This word always takes low pitch, and heightens the pitch of two subsequent suffixed syllables.

Noun

병 • (byeong) (hanja 病)

1. disease, illness, sickness

   Synonym: 질병(疾病) (jilbyeong)

   병에 걸리다 ― byeong-e geollida ― to contract a disease

Derived terms

• See the hanja entry at 病 for Sino-Korean compounds of 병 (病, byeong).

Etymology 3

Sino-Korean word from 兵 (“troops”).

Pronunciation

• (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [pjʌ̹ŋ]
• Phonetic hangul: [병]

Romanizations
Revised Romanization?	byeong
Revised Romanization (translit.)?	byeong
McCune–Reischauer?	pyŏng
Yale Romanization?	pyeng

Noun

병 • (byeong) (hanja 兵)

1. soldier

Derived terms

• See the hanja entry at 兵 for Sino-Korean compounds of 병 (兵, byeong).

Etymology 4

Sino-Korean word from 丙

Noun

병 • (byeong) (hanja 丙)

1. the third of the ten heavenly stems

Coordinate terms

one of ten heavenly stems

• 갑 (甲, gap, “first”)
• 경 (庚, gyeong, “seventh”)
• 계 (癸, gye, “tenth”)
• 기 (己, gi, “sixth”)
• 무 (戊, mu, “fifth”)
• 신 (辛, sin, “eighth”)
• 을 (乙, eul, “second”)
• 임 (壬, im, “ninth”)
• 정 (丁, jeong, “fourth”)

Etymology 5

Korean reading of various Chinese characters.

Syllable

병 • (byeong)

More information

1. 丙:

   (MC reading: 丙 (MC pjaengX))

2. 病:

   (MC reading: 病 (MC bjaengH))

3. 兵:

   (MC reading: 兵 (MC pjaeng))

4. 竝:

   (MC reading: 竝 (MC bengX))

5. 屛:

   (MC reading: 屛 (MC beŋ))

6. 幷:

   (MC reading: 幷 (MC piᴇŋ))

7. 倂:

   (MC reading: 倂 (MC piᴇŋ^X, beŋ^X, piᴇŋ^H))

8. 甁:

   (MC reading: 甁 (MC beŋ))

9. 昞:

   (MC reading: 昞 (MC pjaengX))

10. 秉:

    (MC reading: 秉 (MC pjaengX))

11. 餠:

    (MC reading: 餠 (MC piᴇŋ^X))

12. 炳:

    (MC reading: 炳 (MC pjaengX))

13. 柄:

    (MC reading: 柄 (MC pjaengH))