서술

Korean

Etymology

Sino-Korean word from 敍述, from 敍 (“to express, to narrate, to state”) + 述 (“to express, to narrate, to state”)

Pronunciation

• (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [ˈsʰɘ(ː)sʰuɭ]
• Phonetic hangul: [서(ː)술]
  • Though still prescribed in Standard Korean, most speakers in both Koreas no longer distinguish vowel length.

Romanizations
Revised Romanization?	seosul
Revised Romanization (translit.)?	seosul
McCune–Reischauer?	sŏsul
Yale Romanization?	sēswul

Noun

서술 • (seosul) (hanja 敍述)

1. description, depiction, narration
2. (grammar) predication

   서술부어

   seosulbueo

   sentence predicate

   (literally, “predication part”)

Derived terms

• 서술하다 (seosulhada)