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)