신병

Korean

Etymology 1

Sino-Korean word from 新兵, from 新 (“new”) + 兵 (“soldier”).

Pronunciation

• (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [ɕʰinbjʌ̹ŋ]
• Phonetic hangul: [신병]

Romanizations
Revised Romanization?	sinbyeong
Revised Romanization (translit.)?	sinbyeong
McCune–Reischauer?	sinbyŏng
Yale Romanization?	sinpyeng

Noun

신병 • (sinbyeong) (hanja 新兵)

1. (military) rookie, new recruit

   Antonym: 고참병(古參兵) (gochambyeong)

Etymology 2

Sino-Korean word from 身柄, an orthographic borrowing from Japanese 身柄 (migara, “body of that person”).

Pronunciation

• (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [ɕʰinbjʌ̹ŋ]
• Phonetic hangul: [신병]

Romanizations
Revised Romanization?	sinbyeong
Revised Romanization (translit.)?	sinbyeong
McCune–Reischauer?	sinbyŏng
Yale Romanization?	sinpyeng

Noun

신병 • (sinbyeong) (hanja 身柄)

1. suspect, perpetrator

Etymology 3

Sino-Korean word from 腎病, from 腎 (“kidney”) + 病 (“disease”).

Pronunciation

• (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [ˈɕʰi(ː)nbjʌ̹ŋ]
• Phonetic hangul: [신(ː)병]
  • Though still prescribed in Standard Korean, most speakers in both Koreas no longer distinguish vowel length.

Romanizations
Revised Romanization?	sinbyeong
Revised Romanization (translit.)?	sinbyeong
McCune–Reischauer?	sinbyŏng
Yale Romanization?	sīnpyeng

Noun

신병 • (sinbyeong) (hanja 腎病)

1. (medicine) nephropathy, nephrosis

Etymology 4

Sino-Korean word from 神 (“mind”) + 病 (“disease”), with compound/genitive tensing applied.

Pronunciation

• (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [ɕʰinp͈jʌ̹ŋ]
• Phonetic hangul: [신뼝]

Romanizations
Revised Romanization?	sinbyeong
Revised Romanization (translit.)?	sinbyeong
McCune–Reischauer?	sinpyŏng
Yale Romanization?	sinqpyeng

Noun

신병 • (sinbyeong) (hanja 神病)

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Etymology 5

Sino-Korean word from 身 (“body”) + 病 (“disease”).

Pronunciation

• (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [ɕʰinbjʌ̹ŋ]
• Phonetic hangul: [신병]

Romanizations
Revised Romanization?	sinbyeong
Revised Romanization (translit.)?	sinbyeong
McCune–Reischauer?	sinbyŏng
Yale Romanization?	sinpyeng

Noun

신병 • (sinbyeong) (hanja 身病)

1. illness, disease (bodily sickness)

Etymology 6

Sino-Korean word from 新 (“new”) + 病 (“disease”).

Pronunciation

• (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [ɕʰinbjʌ̹ŋ]
• Phonetic hangul: [신병]

Romanizations
Revised Romanization?	sinbyeong
Revised Romanization (translit.)?	sinbyeong
McCune–Reischauer?	sinbyŏng
Yale Romanization?	sinpyeng

Noun

신병 • (sinbyeong) (hanja 新病)

1. new disease

Etymology 7

Sino-Korean word from 神兵, from 神 (“divine”) + 兵 (“soldier”). See also Japanese 神兵.

Pronunciation

• (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [ɕʰinbjʌ̹ŋ]
• Phonetic hangul: [신병]

Romanizations
Revised Romanization?	sinbyeong
Revised Romanization (translit.)?	sinbyeong
McCune–Reischauer?	sinbyŏng
Yale Romanization?	sinpyeng

Noun

신병 • (sinbyeong) (hanja 神兵)

1. divine soldiers; heavenly troops
2. (figuratively) a powerful army that cannot be defeated

   신병은 신이 보낸 군사라는 뜻이다. ― Sinbyeong-eun sin-i bonaen gunsaraneun tteus-ida. ― A divine soldier is one who was sent by God.