의부

Korean

Sino-Korean word from 義父 (“person formally acknowledged as one's father”).

(SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [ˈɰi(ː)bu]
Phonetic hangul: [의(ː)부]
- Though still prescribed in Standard Korean, most speakers in both Koreas no longer distinguish vowel length.

Romanizations
Revised Romanization^?	uibu
Revised Romanization (translit.)^?	uibu
McCune–Reischauer^?	ŭibu
Yale Romanization^?	ūypu

의부 • (uibu) (hanja 義父)

stepfather, foster father, adoptive father, sworn father
Synonyms: 의붓아버지 (uibusabeoji, “stepfather”), 양아버지 (yang'abeoji, “adoptive father”)