기만

Korean

Pronunciation

• (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [kima̠n]
• Phonetic hangul: [기만]

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

• 기만하다 (gimanhada, “to deceive, to humblebrag”)
• 기만되다 (gimandoeda, “to be deceived”)
• 기만적(欺瞞的) (gimanjeok, “deceptive”)
• 기만자(欺瞞者) (gimanja, “deceiver”)
• 기만질 (gimanjil, “humblebragging”)
• 기만러 (gimalleo, “humblebragger”)

Etymology 2

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

Numeral

기만 • (giman) (hanja 幾萬)

1. (dated, formal) several tens of thousands