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