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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): ~
- Phonetic hangul:
- Though still prescribed in Standard Korean, most speakers in both Koreas no longer distinguish vowel length.
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| Revised Romanization? | miin'gye |
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| Revised Romanization (translit.)? | miingye |
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| McCune–Reischauer? | miin'gye |
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| Yale Romanization? | mīinkyey |
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Noun
미인계 • (miin'gye) (hanja 美人計)
- honey trap; beauty trap; honeypot; sexual entrapment