게이
Korean
editEtymology
editPronunciation
edit- (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA(key): [ke̞i]
- Phonetic hangul: [게이]
Romanizations | |
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Revised Romanization? | gei |
Revised Romanization (translit.)? | gei |
McCune–Reischauer? | kei |
Yale Romanization? | keyi |
Noun
edit게이 • (gei)
- gay man (male homosexual)
- Hypernyms: 동성애자(同性愛者) (dongseong'aeja, “homosexual”), 호모 (homo)
- (slang, derogatory, offensive) effeminate man
- (Internet slang, sometimes humorous) user, forum user, social media user; often mistakenly understood as a shortening of 게시판 이용자 (gesipan iyongja, “forum user”).