설령

Korean

Etymology

    Sino-Korean word from 設令 (“even if”).

    Pronunciation

    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 jeonjaen-g'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.
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