사사오입
Korean
Etymology
Sino-Korean word from 四捨五入 (“rounding to the closest number (0.4 being rounded down, 0.5 being rounded up); rounding off”).
Pronunciation
- (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA(key): [sʰa̠sʰa̠o̞ip̚]
- Phonetic hangul: [사사오입]
| Romanizations | |
|---|---|
| Revised Romanization? | sasaoip |
| Revised Romanization (translit.)? | sasaoib |
| McCune–Reischauer? | sasaoip |
| Yale Romanization? | sasaoip |
Noun
사사오입 • (sasaoip) (hanja 四捨五入)
- (arithmetic, uncommon) rounding to the closest number (0.4 being rounded down, 0.5 being rounded up); rounding off
- Synonym: 반올림 (banollim)
Proper noun
사사오입 • (Sasaoip) (hanja 四捨五入)
- (South Korea) Short for 사사오입 개헌 (sasaoip gaeheon, literally “rounding off constitutional amendment”); the 1954 incident where the Syngman Rhee administration attempted to justify a constitutional amendment with insufficient ayes through the concept of rounding off