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만이

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Korean

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Pronunciation

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Romanizations
Revised Romanization?mani
Revised Romanization (translit.)?man'i
McCune–Reischauer?mani
Yale Romanization?man.i

Etymology 1

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Sino-Korean word from 蠻夷 (southern tribes).

Noun

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만이 (mani) (hanja 蠻夷)

  1. (historical) In ancient China, indigenous tribes in what is now southern and eastern China
  2. (by extension, archaic) barbarian; uncivilized people (i.e. neither Chinese nor Korean)

Etymology 2

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Noun

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만이 (mani)

  1. Alternative spelling of 마니 (mani, (ginseng-harvesters' cant) person)