설령

Korean

Etymology

Sino-Korean word from 設令 (“even if”).

Pronunciation

• (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [sʰʌ̹ʎʎʌ̹ŋ]
• Phonetic hangul: [설령]

Romanizations
Revised Romanization?	seollyeong
Revised Romanization (translit.)?	seollyeong
McCune–Reischauer?	sŏllyŏng
Yale Romanization?	sellyeng

Adverb

설령 • (seollyeong) (hanja 設令)

1. 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 say that] 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.