환자

Korean

Etymology

Sino-Korean word from 患者, from 患 (“sickness”) + 者 (“person”)

Pronunciation

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

Romanizations
Revised Romanization?	hwanja
Revised Romanization (translit.)?	hwanja
McCune–Reischauer?	hwanja
Yale Romanization?	hwān.ca

Noun

환자 • (hwanja) (hanja 患者)

1. a medical patient
   • 2023 April 21, SAMG ENTERTAINMENT, Youtube‎^[1], sourced from Secret Catch! Teenieping episode 5:

     환자 발견, 즉시 치료 개시, 삐뽀!

     Hwanja balgyeon, jeuksi chiryo gaesi, ppippo!

     Discovered a patient, commence treatment promptly, ppippo!