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)

    1. (figurative) mastermind; cunning strategist
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