북벌

Korean

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

Noun

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)
This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.