Korean edit

Etymology edit

Sino-Korean word from 語不成說.

Pronunciation edit

  • (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA(key): [ˈɘ(ː)buɭsʰʌ̹ŋsʰʌ̹ɭ]
  • Phonetic hangul: [(ː)]
    • Though still prescribed in Standard Korean, most speakers in both Koreas no longer distinguish vowel length.
Romanizations
Revised Romanization?eobulseongseol
Revised Romanization (translit.)?eobulseongseol
McCune–Reischauer?ŏbulsŏngsŏl
Yale Romanization?ēpul.sengsel

Noun edit

어불성설 (eobulseongseol) (hanja 語不成說)

  1. (four-character idiom from Classical Chinese) something preposterous and illogical; nonsense
    Synonym: 만불성설(萬不成說) (manbulseongseol)