서술

Korean

Etymology

Sino-Korean word from 敍述, from 敍 (“to express, to narrate, to state”) + 述 (“to express, to narrate, to state”)

Pronunciation

  • (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA(key): [ˈsʰɘ(ː)sʰuɭ]
  • Phonetic hangul: [서(ː)술]
    • Though still prescribed in Standard Korean, most speakers in both Koreas no longer distinguish vowel length.
Romanizations
Revised Romanization?seosul
Revised Romanization (translit.)?seosul
McCune–Reischauer?sŏsul
Yale Romanization?sēswul

Noun

서술 • (seosul) (hanja 敍述)

  1. description, depiction, narration
  2. (grammar) predication
    서술부어 ― seosulbueo ― sentence predicate (literally, "predication part")

Derived terms

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