불치병

Korean

Etymology

Sino-Korean word from 不治 (“incurability”) + 病 (“disease”), with compound/genitive tensing applied.

Pronunciation

• (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [puʎt͡ɕʰip͈jʌ̹ŋ]
• Phonetic hangul: [불치뼝]

Romanizations
Revised Romanization?	bulchibyeong
Revised Romanization (translit.)?	bulchibyeong
McCune–Reischauer?	pulch'ipyŏng
Yale Romanization?	pulchiqpyeng

Noun

불치병 • (bulchibyeong) (hanja 不治病)

1. incurable disease, fatal illness