美人計

Chinese

		beautiful woman; beauty; lovely lady beautiful woman; beauty; lovely lady; royal consort	to calculate; to compute; to count to calculate; to compute; to count; reckon; ruse; to plan
trad. (美人計)		美人	計
simp. (美人计)		美人	计

Etymology

Stratagem #31 in the Thirty-Six Stratagems.

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): měirénjì

(Zhuyin): ㄇㄟˇ ㄖㄣˊ ㄐㄧˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): mei⁵ jan⁴ gai³
Hakka
(Sixian, PFS): mî-ngìn-kie

(Hailu, HRS): mui^ˋ ngin gie^ˇ
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): bí-jîn-kè

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: měirénjì
  - Zhuyin: ㄇㄟˇ ㄖㄣˊ ㄐㄧˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: měirénjì
  - Wade–Giles: mei³-jên²-chi⁴
  - Yale: měi-rén-jì
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: meeirenjih
  - Palladius: мэйжэньцзи (mɛjžɛnʹczi)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /meɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʐən³⁵ t͡ɕi⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: mei⁵ jan⁴ gai³
  - Yale: méih yàhn gai
  - Cantonese Pinyin: mei⁵ jan⁴ gai³
  - Guangdong Romanization: méi⁵ yen⁴ gei³
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /mei̯¹³ jɐn²¹ kɐi̯³³/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: mî-ngìn-kie
  - Hakka Romanization System: mi^ˊ ngin^ˇ gie
  - Hagfa Pinyim: mi¹ ngin² gie⁴
  - Sinological IPA: /mi²⁴ ŋin¹¹ ki̯e⁵⁵/
- (Hailu, incl. Zhudong)
  - Hakka Romanization System: mui^ˋ ngin gie^ˇ
  - Sinological IPA: /mui⁵³ ŋin⁵⁵ kie¹¹/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bí-jîn-kè
  - Tâi-lô: bí-jîn-kè
  - Phofsit Daibuun: byjinkex
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /bi⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ zin²³⁻³³ ke²¹/

Noun

美人計

honey trap; beauty trap; honeypot; sexual entrapment

Japanese

Kanji in this term
美	人	計
び Grade: 3	じん Grade: 1	けい Grade: 2
kan'on

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [bʲiʑĩŋke̞ː]

Noun

美(び)人(じん)計(けい) • (bijinkei)

honey traps

Korean

Hanja in this term
美	人	計

Noun

美人計 • (miin'gye) (hangeul 미인계)

hanja form^? of 미인계 (“honeytrap”)

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
美	人	計

Noun

美人計

chữ Hán form of mỹ nhân kế (“honey traps”)