범죄

Korean

Etymology

Sino-Korean word from 犯罪, from 犯 (“violation”) + 罪 (“wrong”)

Pronunciation

  • (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA(key): [ˈpɘ(ː)md͡ʑwe̞] ~ [ˈpɘ(ː)md͡ʑø̞]
  • Phonetic hangul: [범(ː)줴/범(ː)죄]
    • Though still prescribed in Standard Korean, most speakers in both Koreas no longer distinguish vowel length.
Romanizations
Revised Romanization?beomjoe
Revised Romanization (translit.)?beomjoe
McCune–Reischauer?pŏmjoe
Yale Romanization?pēmcoy

Noun

범죄 • (beomjoe) (hanja 犯罪)

  1. crime

Derived terms

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