방화죄

Korean

Etymology

Sino-Korean word from 放火罪, from 放火 (“arson”) + 罪 (“crime”).

Pronunciation

  • (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA(key): [ˈpa̠(ː)ŋβwa̠d͡ʑwe̞] ~ [ˈpa̠(ː)ŋβwa̠d͡ʑø̞]
  • Phonetic hangul: [방(ː)화줴/방(ː)화죄]
    • Though still prescribed in Standard Korean, most speakers in both Koreas no longer distinguish vowel length.
Romanizations
Revised Romanization?banghwajoe
Revised Romanization (translit.)?banghwajoe
McCune–Reischauer?panghwajoe
Yale Romanization?pānghwacoy

Noun

방화죄 • (banghwajoe) (hanja 放火罪)

  1. (law) the crime of arson
This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is available under Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 unless otherwise noted. Additional terms may apply for the media files.