왜케

Korean

Alternative forms

• 왤케 (waelke)

Pronunciation

• (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [wɛkʰe̞] ~ [we̞kʰe̞]
• Phonetic hangul: [왜케/웨케]

Romanizations
Revised Romanization?	waeke
Revised Romanization (translit.)?	waeke
McCune–Reischauer?	waek'e
Yale Romanization?	way.khey

Adverb

왜케 • (waeke)

1. (colloquial) Contraction of 왜 이렇게 (wae ireoke, “Why so? Why .... like this?”).

   왜케 진지해? ― Waeke jinjihae? ― Why so serious?