하필

Korean

Etymology

    Sino-Korean word from 何必, from 何 (“how; why”) + 必 (“necessarily”)

    Pronunciation

    Romanizations
    Revised Romanization?hapil
    Revised Romanization (translit.)?hapil
    McCune–Reischauer?hap'il
    Yale Romanization?ha.phil

    Adverb

    하필 • (hapil) (hanja 何必)

    1. of all things, why... (used to emphasize the question of why it must specifically be so)
      왜 하필 나야?
      wae hapil na-ya?
      Why does it have to be me?
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