사사오입

Korean

Etymology

    Sino-Korean word from 四捨五入 (“rounding to the closest number (0.4 being rounded down, 0.5 being rounded up); rounding off”).

    Pronunciation

    • (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA(key): [sʰa̠sʰa̠o̞ip̚]
    • Phonetic hangul: [사사오입]
    Romanizations
    Revised Romanization?sasaoip
    Revised Romanization (translit.)?sasaoib
    McCune–Reischauer?sasaoip
    Yale Romanization?sasaoip

    Noun

    사사오입 • (sasaoip) (hanja 四捨五入)

    1. (arithmetic, uncommon) rounding to the closest number (0.4 being rounded down, 0.5 being rounded up); rounding off
      Synonym: 반올림 (banollim)

    Proper noun

    사사오입 • (Sasaoip) (hanja 四捨五入)

    1. (South Korea) short for 사사오입 개헌 (sasaoip gaeheon, literally “rounding off constitutional amendment”); the 1954 incident where the Syngman Rhee administration attempted to justify a constitutional amendment with insufficient ayes through the concept of rounding off
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