제갈량

Korean

Etymology

Sino-Korean word from 諸葛亮 (“Zhuge Liang”), famous ancient Chinese strategist and hero of the fourteenth-century novel Romance of the Three Kingdoms.

Pronunciation

(SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [t͡ɕe̞ɡa̠ʎʎa̠ŋ]
Phonetic hangul: [제갈량]

Romanizations
Revised Romanization^?	jegallyang
Revised Romanization (translit.)^?	jegallyang
McCune–Reischauer^?	chegallyang
Yale Romanization^?	ceykallyang

Noun

제갈량 • (jegallyang) (hanja 諸葛亮)

(figuratively) mastermind; cunning strategist