어불성설

Korean

Etymology

Sino-Korean word from 語不成說.

Pronunciation

  • (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA(key): [ˈʌ̹(ː)buɭsʰʌ̹ŋsʰʌ̹ɭ]
  • Phonetic hangul: [어(ː)불성설]
    • Though still prescriptive in Standard Korean, the great majority of speakers (in both Koreas) no longer distinguish vowel length.
Romanizations
Revised Romanization?eobulseongseol
Revised Romanization (translit.)?eobulseongseol
McCune–Reischauer?ŏbulsŏngsŏl
Yale Romanization?ēpulsengsel

Noun

어불성설 • (eobulseongseol) (hanja 語不成說)

  1. (set phrase from Classical Chinese) something preposterous and illogical; nonsense
    Synonym: 만불성설(萬不成說) (manbulseongseol)
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