범인

Korean

Etymology

Sino-Korean word from 犯人

Pronunciation

  • (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA(key): [ˈpɘ(ː)min]
  • Phonetic hangul: [(ː)]
    • Though still prescribed in Standard Korean, most speakers in both Koreas no longer distinguish vowel length.
Romanizations
Revised Romanization?beomin
Revised Romanization (translit.)?beom'in
McCune–Reischauer?pŏmin
Yale Romanization?pēm.in

Noun

범인 • (beomin) (hanja 犯人)

  1. criminal, offender, culprit, convict