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)

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):
  녀ᄌᆞ 를 보면 아모러 ᄒᆞᆫ 핑계ᄅᆞᆯ 어더셔 라도 갓가이 가려 ᄒᆞ고 […]
  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)

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