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 prescribed 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)

    1. honey trap; beauty trap; honeypot; sexual entrapment
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