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. (figuratively) mastermind; cunning strategist
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