mĩ nhân kế

Vietnamese

Etymology

Sino-Vietnamese word from 美人計, composed of 美人 (“beauty”) and 計 (“stratagem”), from Chinese 美人計／美人计 (měirénjì), the 31st of the Thirty-Six Stratagems.

Pronunciation

• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [mi˦ˀ˥ ɲən˧˧ ke˧˦]
• (Huế) IPA^(key): [mɪj˧˨ ɲəŋ˧˧ kej˨˩˦]
• (Saigon) IPA^(key): [mɪj˨˩˦ ɲəŋ˧˧ kej˦˥]

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Noun

mĩ nhân kế

1. honey traps

See also

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