핑계

Korean

Pronunciation

• (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [pʰiŋɡje̞] ~ [pʰiŋɡe̞]
• Phonetic hangul: [핑계/핑게]

Romanizations
Revised Romanization?	pinggye
Revised Romanization (translit.)?	pinggye
McCune–Reischauer?	p'inggye
Yale Romanization?	phingkyey

Noun

핑계 • (pinggye)

1. excuse; pretext

   어이없는 핑계를 대지 말거라.

   Eoieomneun pinggye-reul daeji malgeora.

   Don't give me any ridiculous excuses.

   • 1917, Yi Kwang-su, 이광수(李光洙), 無(무)情(졍) (Mujong) [The Heartless]:

     녀ᄌᆞ를 보면 아모러ᄒᆞᆫ 핑계ᄅᆞᆯ 어더셔라도 갓가이 가려ᄒᆞ고 […]

     nyeoja-reul bomyeon amoreohan pinggye-reul eodeosyeo-rado gatgai garyeo-hago [ … ]

     When [they] see one, [they] would give any excuse to be close to the girl […]

Derived terms

• 핑계하다 (pinggyehada)
• 핑곗거리 (pinggyetgeori)