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Korean
Etymology
Sino-Korean word from 設令 (“even if”).
Pronunciation
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| Revised Romanization? | seollyeong |
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| Revised Romanization (translit.)? | seollyeong |
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| McCune–Reischauer? | sŏllyŏng |
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| Yale Romanization? | sellyeng |
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Adverb
설령 • (seollyeong) (hanja 設令)
- even if
- Synonym: 설사(設使) (seolsa)
설령 죽더라도 후회는 없습니다.- Seollyeong juk-deo-rado huhoe-neun eopseumnida.
- Even if I die, I have no regret.
설령 이 전투에서 승리한다 해도 전쟁에서 이길 길은 없습니다.- Seollyeong i jeontu-eseo seungnihanda haedo jeonjaeng-eseo igil gir-eun eopseumnida.
- Even if we triumph in this battle, there is no way for us to win the war.
Usage notes
- Used in conjunction with suffixes such as -어도 (-eodo) or -라도 (-rado), as in the examples above. An indirect quotation structure with 하다 (hada) is also frequent, as in the second example.