북벌

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Korean[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Sino-Korean word from 北伐, from (north) + (conquer).

Pronunciation[edit]

Romanizations
Revised Romanization?bukbeol
Revised Romanization (translit.)?bugbeol
McCune–Reischauer?pukpŏl
Yale Romanization?pukpel

Noun[edit]

북벌 (bukbeol) (hanja 北伐)

  1. northern conquest; conquest of a northern region
    Coordinate term: 남정(南征) (namjeong)
  2. (historical) various aborted plans by seventeenth-century Koreans to attack Qing China, most seriously considered during the reign of Hyojong (1649−1659)
  3. (historical) the Northern Expedition (military campaign launched in 1926 by the Chinese Kuomintang government against various forces in North China)