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. (figurative) mastermind; cunning strategist