기만

Korean

Pronunciation

Romanizations
Revised Romanization?giman
Revised Romanization (translit.)?giman
McCune–Reischauer?kiman
Yale Romanization?kiman

Etymology 1

    Sino-Korean word from 欺瞞, from 欺 (“deceiving”) + 瞞 (“deceiving”).

    Noun

    기만 • (giman) (hanja 欺瞞)

    1. deception, trickery (usually with a condescending attitude)
      Synonyms: 속임수 (sogimsu), 사기 (sagi)
      국민을 기만하는 정부
      gungmin-eul giman-haneun jeongbu
      a government which plays the people for fools
    2. (slang) humblebrag, assuming false humility
      나 이번에는 장학금 못 탈 거 같애. — 야, 우리는 B도 못 건지니까 우리 앞에서 기만하지 마.
      Na ibeon-e-neun janghakgeum mot tal geo gat-ae. - Ya, uri-neun bi-do mot geonjinikka uri ap-eseo giman-haji ma.
      I don't think I'm gonna get the scholarship this time. — Hey, we can't even salvage a B, so quit humblebragging in front of us.
    Derived terms
    • 기만되다 (gimandoeda, “to be deceived”)
    • 기만러 (gimalleo, “humblebragger”)
    • 기만자(欺瞞者) (gimanja, “deceiver”)
    • 기만적(欺瞞的) (gimanjeok, “deceptive”)
    • 기만질 (gimanjil, “humblebragging”)
    • 기만하다 (gimanhada, “to deceive, to humblebrag”)

    Etymology 2

      Sino-Korean word from 幾 (“several”) + 萬 (“ten thousand”).

      Numeral

      기만 • (giman) (hanja 幾萬)

      1. (dated, formal) several tens of thousands
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