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위안부

위안부

Korean

Noun

위안부 • ‎(wianbu) ‎(hanja 慰安婦)

  1. comfort woman (woman forced to serve the Japanese military during the Pacific War)

Etymology

Sino-Korean word from 慰安婦, from 慰安 ‎(“comfort”) + 婦 ‎(“woman”)

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɥia̠nbu/ ~ /ya̠nbu/
  • Phonetic hangeul: 위안부
Romanizations
Revised transcription wianbu
Revised transliteration wianbu
McCune–Reischauer wianbu
Yale wianpu

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