검은무리

Korean

Etymology

Calque of Chinese 黑幫／黑帮 (hēibāng), as a univerbation of 검은 (geomeun, “black”, realis adnominal) +‎ 무리 (muri, “group, band”).

Pronunciation

• (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [kʌ̹mɯnmuɾi]
• Phonetic hangul: [거믄무리]

Romanizations
Revised Romanization?	geomeunmuri
Revised Romanization (translit.)?	geom'eunmuli
McCune–Reischauer?	kŏmŭnmuri
Yale Romanization?	kem.unmuli

Noun

검은무리 • (geomeunmuri)

1. (Yanbian) A group of gangsters; a group of people who engage in organized violence.

Synonyms

• (standard Korean) 조폭 (組暴, jopok)