Meaning & use
Korean-style karaoke
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Meanings
noununcountable
A type of karaoke in which small groups rent a private room and sing together, rather than performing in front of a public bar.
Grammar: Used as an uncountable noun: you say "We did Korean-style karaoke", not "a Korean-style karaoke".
Patterns
- do Korean-style karaoke
- go to a Korean-style karaoke place
- Korean-style karaoke room
For her birthday we booked a Korean-style karaoke room and sang for three hours.
Korean-style karaoke is popular with students because you only pay for the room, not each song.
He prefers Korean-style karaoke to singing in front of strangers at a bar.
nouncountable
A business or venue where people rent private rooms equipped for singing along to recorded music.
Grammar: Countable when it means the place itself: "a Korean-style karaoke" or "two Korean-style karaokes" is possible but a room/place/bar is usually added.
Patterns
- a Korean-style karaoke bar
- a Korean-style karaoke place
- find a Korean-style karaoke near here
There is a Korean-style karaoke just around the corner from the station.
The new Korean-style karaoke downtown stays open until four in the morning.
Common combinations
- a Korean-style karaoke room
- We paid for a Korean-style karaoke room for two hours.
- book Korean-style karaoke
- I'll book Korean-style karaoke for Friday night if everyone agrees.
- sing Korean-style karaoke
- They sang Korean-style karaoke until their voices gave out.
- a Korean-style karaoke bar
- A Korean-style karaoke bar opened next to the noodle shop.
- go to Korean-style karaoke
- Let's go to Korean-style karaoke after dinner.
Synonyms and how they differ
- karaoke
- The general word for singing along to recorded backing music; it does not say whether the singing happens in a private room or in public.
- norebang
- The Korean word for this kind of private-room karaoke, used in English mainly by people familiar with Korean culture.
Word family
- karaoke noun
- The activity of singing along to recorded music, usually in public.
- karaoke machine noun
- The equipment that plays backing tracks and shows the lyrics.
Commonly confused: Korean-style karaoke or K-pop?
Korean-style karaoke vs K-pop
K-pop is Korean popular music that people listen to or dance to; Korean-style karaoke is the activity of singing in a private room, and you can do it with any kind of song.
Practice
Which sentence uses the phrase correctly?
Choose one answer.
"A Korean-style karaoke room" names the private room you rent, which fits the verb "rented". "We rented a Korean-style karaoke" is possible but unclear without room or place, and "made ... of the song" and "went ... in the room" are not patterns used with this phrase.
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