위안부
Korean
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Etymology
[edit]Sino-Korean word from 慰安婦, from 慰安 (“comfort”) + 婦 (“woman”), from an orthographic borrowing from Japanese 慰安婦 (ianfu).
Pronunciation
[edit]- (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
[edit]- (historical) comfort woman (woman forced to serve the Japanese military during the Pacific War)
Categories:
- Sino-Korean words
- Korean terms borrowed from Japanese
- Korean orthographic borrowings from Japanese
- Korean terms derived from Japanese
- Korean terms with IPA pronunciation
- Korean lemmas
- Korean nouns
- Korean terms with historical senses
- ko:Prostitution
- ko:Slavery
- ko:World War II
- ko:History of Japan
- ko:People
- ko:Female people