왈

Sino-Korean word from 曰, Classical Chinese quotative marker.

• (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [wa̠ɭ]
• Phonetic hangul: [왈]

왈 • (wal) (hanja 曰)

1. said, according to; intervenes between a quoted speaker and the quote.

   Synonyms: 말로 (mal-lo), 가라사대 (garasadae)

   공자 왈, "배우고 때때로 익히면 즐겁지 아니한가?"

   Gongja wal, bae'ugo ttaettaero ikhimyeon jeulgeopji anihan'ga?"

   Confucius said: "Is it not a pleasure to study, and to practice what you have learned?"

   선생님 왈, 글자 수만 맞추면 내용이 헛소리라도 무조건 만점이라 그랬다.

   Seonsaengnim wal, geulja su-man matchumyeon naeyon-g'i heotsori-rado mujogeon manjeom-ira geuraetda.

   According to the teacher, you'd get a full mark just by meeting the length requirements, even if everything you wrote was nonsense.

• Often written in the hanja form.
• Sometimes has a humorous nuance.

Korean reading of various Chinese characters.

왈 • (wal)