현행범

Korean

Etymology

    Sino-Korean word from 現行犯, from 現行 (“current; active”) + 犯 (“criminal”).

    Pronunciation

    • (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA(key): [çʌ̹nɦɛŋbʌ̹m] ~ [çʌ̹nɦe̞ŋbʌ̹m]
    • Phonetic hangul: [현행범/현헹범]
    Romanizations
    Revised Romanization?hyeonhaengbeom
    Revised Romanization (translit.)?hyeonhaengbeom
    McCune–Reischauer?hyŏnhaengbŏm
    Yale Romanization?hyen.hayngpem

    Noun

    현행범 • (hyeonhaengbeom) (hanja 現行犯)

    1. criminal caught red-handed
    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.