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 jeonjaeng-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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