어불성설

Korean

Etymology

Sino-Korean word from 語不成說.

Pronunciation

  • (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA(key): [ˈʌ̹(ː)buɭsʰʌ̹ŋsʰʌ̹ɭ]
  • Phonetic hangul: [(ː)]
    • 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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