하필

Korean

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [ha̠pʰiɭ]
• Phonetic hangul: [하필]

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?