유행병

Korean

Alternative forms

• 류행병 (ryuhaengbyeong) (North Korea)

Etymology

Sino-Korean word from 流行病, from 流行 (“widespreadness, circulation”) + 病 (“disease”), with compound/genitive tensing applied.

Pronunciation

• (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [juɦɛŋp͈jʌ̹ŋ] ~ [juɦe̞ŋp͈jʌ̹ŋ]
• Phonetic hangul: [유행뼝/유헹뼝]

Romanizations
Revised Romanization?	yuhaengbyeong
Revised Romanization (translit.)?	yuhaengbyeong
McCune–Reischauer?	yuhaengpyŏng
Yale Romanization?	yuhayngqpyeng

Noun

유행병 • (yuhaengbyeong) (hanja 流行病)

1. (medicine) epidemic; pestilence

Derived terms

• 유행병학 (流行病學, yuhaengbyeonghak, “epidemiology”)