Romanisation: byeong

illness; disease

Example sentence

그는 큰 병에 걸렸어요.

Geuneun keun byeonge geollyeosseoyo.

He came down with a serious illness.

What 병 means

(byeong) is an Korean word meaning “illness; disease”. It belongs to the Body & Health topic and appears at Level 3, so it is one of the words worth learning early when you study Korean.

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