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Korean
Etymology
Sino-Korean word from 何必, from 何 (“how; why”) + 必 (“necessarily”)
Pronunciation
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| Revised Romanization? | hapil |
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| Revised Romanization (translit.)? | hapil |
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| McCune–Reischauer? | hap'il |
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| Yale Romanization? | ha.phil |
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Adverb
하필 • (hapil) (hanja 何必)
- 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?