미인계
Korean
Etymology
Sino-Korean word from 美人計, from 美人 (“beautiful woman”) + 計 (“stratagem”); this is Stratagem #31 in the Thirty-Six Stratagems.
Pronunciation
- (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA(key): [ˈmi(ː)inɡje̞] ~ [ˈmi(ː)inɡe̞]
- Phonetic hangul: [미(ː)인계/미(ː)인게]
- Though still prescriptive in Standard Korean, most speakers in both Koreas no longer distinguish vowel length.
| Romanizations | |
|---|---|
| Revised Romanization? | miin'gye |
| Revised Romanization (translit.)? | miingye |
| McCune–Reischauer? | miin'gye |
| Yale Romanization? | mīinkyey |
Noun
미인계 • (miin'gye) (hanja 美人計)
- honey trap; beauty trap; honeypot; sexual entrapment