위안부

Korean

Etymology

Sino-Korean word from 慰安婦, from 慰安 (“comfort”) + 婦 (“woman”), from an orthographic borrowing from Japanese 慰安婦(いあんふ) (ianfu).

Pronunciation
  • (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

위안부 • (wianbu) (hanja 慰安婦)

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