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)

1. (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)

1. (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