板门店

板門店

Bǎnméndiàn

proper noun

Meanings

1 Panmunjom (Korean: 판문점)
2 the Joint Security Area in the Korean Demilitarized Zone where the 1953 Armistice was signed

Characters

Examples

HSK 5

板门店是朝韩两国唯一的接触点。

Bǎnméndiàn shì Cháo Hán liǎng guó wéiyī de jiēchùdiǎn.

Panmunjom is the only contact point between North and South Korea.

HSK 7-9

1953年，朝鲜停战协定在板门店签署。

Yī jiǔ wǔ sān nián, Cháoxiǎn tíngzhàn xiédìng zài Bǎnméndiàn qiānshǔ.

In 1953 the Korean Armistice Agreement was signed at Panmunjom.

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history

Originally a tiny Korean village whose name (板门店, 'plank-door inn') was kept by both Koreas. Site of the 1953 armistice ending the Korean War, the 2018 Moon-Kim summit, and Trump's 2019 step across the line. Sits straddling the 38th parallel inside the DMZ.

Stroke Order

板 bǎn

门 mén

店 diàn