장광설

Korean

Etymology

Sino-Korean word from 長廣舌 (“long, wide tongue”).

Pronunciation

• (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [t͡ɕa̠ŋɡwa̠ŋsʰʌ̹ɭ]
• Phonetic hangul: [장광설]

Romanizations
Revised Romanization?	janggwangseol
Revised Romanization (translit.)?	janggwangseol
McCune–Reischauer?	changgwangsŏl
Yale Romanization?	cangkwangsel

Noun

장광설 • (janggwangseol) (hanja 長廣舌)

1. long-winded story, long-winded yarn

   장광설을 풀다 ― janggwangseor-eul pulda ― to tell a long-winded story

   장광설을 늘어놓다 ― janggwangseor-eul neureonota ― to talk long-windedly

   • 1967, 송병수 [songbyeongsu, Song Byeong-su], “정광호 군 [jeonggwangho gun, Mr. Jeong Gwang-ho]”, in 현대문학 [Hyeondae munhak]:

     내가 듣기에는 그의 장광설에는 영, 불, 독, 일 4개 국어가 적당히 혼용되어 있는 것 같았다. 기실 그는 어느 것 하나 능통하지는 못하지만 어느 것이든, 이를테면 우리말까지 합한 5개 국어를 적당히 구사할 줄 알았다.

     Nae-ga deutgi-e-neun geu-ui janggwangseor-e-neun Yeong, Bul, Dok, Il sagae gugeo-ga jeokdanghi honyongdoeeo inneun geot gatatda. Gisil geu-neun eoneu geot hana neungtonghaji-neun mothaji-man eoneu geos-ideun, ireultemyeon Urimal-kkaji haphan ogae gugeo-reul jeokdanghi gusahal jul aratda.

     To my ears, it seemed that four languages—English, French, German, and Japanese—were appropriately mixed into his long-winded yarn. In truth, he was not fluent in any of them, but he could speak any about well enough: five languages, so to speak, counting Korean.

2. (Buddhism, original meaning) the eloquent tongue of the Buddha

Related terms

• 장황(張皇)하다 (janghwanghada, “to be long-winded”)