범인

beomin · [버민]

criminal · offender

nounIntermediate

Meanings

  1. criminal; offenderA person who broke the law and committed a crime.
Other Words Spelled the Same (1)

버ː민 · noun

  1. ordinary personA person who is ordinary.

Written Forms

범인Hangul
犯人Hanja

Examples from Lessons (3)

주인공이 사실은 범인이었다니 말이야.

To think the main character was actually the culprit.

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여기가 진짜 범인이었구나.

So this person was the real culprit.

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어머, 방금 그 남자 주인공이 범인이었어?

Oh my, was that male lead the culprit just now?

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Grammar in These Examples

-아/어Level 1Informal ending-았/었/였-Level 1Past tense-군/구나Level 3Oh, I see

Korean definitions, pronunciations and learner levels are from the Basic Korean Dictionary (한국어기초사전) by the National Institute of Korean Language, licensed under CC BY-SA 2.0 KR.

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