"어차피" meaning in Korean

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Adverb

IPA: [ʌ̹t͡ɕʰa̠pʰi] [SK-Standard, Seoul] Forms: eochapi [romanization], 於此彼 [hanja]
Etymology: Sino-Korean word from 於此彼, from 於 (“at”) + 此 (“this”) + 彼 (“that”). Etymology templates: {{etymid|ko|於此彼}}, {{ko-etym-sino|於|at|此|this|彼|that}} Sino-Korean word from 於此彼, from 於 (“at”) + 此 (“this”) + 彼 (“that”) Head templates: {{ko-adv|hanja=於此彼}} 어차피 • (eochapi) (hanja 於此彼)
  1. anyway, after all

Inflected forms

{
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ko",
        "2": "於此彼"
      },
      "expansion": "",
      "name": "etymid"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "於",
        "2": "at",
        "3": "此",
        "4": "this",
        "5": "彼",
        "6": "that"
      },
      "expansion": "Sino-Korean word from 於此彼, from 於 (“at”) + 此 (“this”) + 彼 (“that”)",
      "name": "ko-etym-sino"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Sino-Korean word from 於此彼, from 於 (“at”) + 此 (“this”) + 彼 (“that”).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "eochapi",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "於此彼",
      "tags": [
        "hanja"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "hanja": "於此彼"
      },
      "expansion": "어차피 • (eochapi) (hanja 於此彼)",
      "name": "ko-adv"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Korean",
  "lang_code": "ko",
  "pos": "adv",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Korean entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Korean terms with redundant script codes",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Korean terms with redundant transliterations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Sino-Korean words",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "bold_english_offsets": [
            [
              26,
              32
            ]
          ],
          "bold_roman_offsets": [
            [
              10,
              17
            ]
          ],
          "bold_text_offsets": [
            [
              4,
              7
            ]
          ],
          "english": "You wouldn't have seen it anyway even if you'd gone.",
          "roman": "gasseo-do eochapi mot bwasseul geoya.",
          "text": "갔어도 어차피 못 봤을 거야.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "anyway, after all"
      ],
      "id": "en-어차피-ko-adv-L3GaKQ4-",
      "links": [
        [
          "anyway",
          "anyway"
        ],
        [
          "after all",
          "after all"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "[ʌ̹t͡ɕʰa̠pʰi]",
      "tags": [
        "SK-Standard",
        "Seoul"
      ]
    },
    {
      "hangeul": "어차피"
    },
    {
      "other": "[어차피]"
    }
  ],
  "word": "어차피"
}
{
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ko",
        "2": "於此彼"
      },
      "expansion": "",
      "name": "etymid"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "於",
        "2": "at",
        "3": "此",
        "4": "this",
        "5": "彼",
        "6": "that"
      },
      "expansion": "Sino-Korean word from 於此彼, from 於 (“at”) + 此 (“this”) + 彼 (“that”)",
      "name": "ko-etym-sino"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Sino-Korean word from 於此彼, from 於 (“at”) + 此 (“this”) + 彼 (“that”).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "eochapi",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "於此彼",
      "tags": [
        "hanja"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "hanja": "於此彼"
      },
      "expansion": "어차피 • (eochapi) (hanja 於此彼)",
      "name": "ko-adv"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Korean",
  "lang_code": "ko",
  "pos": "adv",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Korean adverbs",
        "Korean entries with incorrect language header",
        "Korean lemmas",
        "Korean terms with IPA pronunciation",
        "Korean terms with redundant script codes",
        "Korean terms with redundant transliterations",
        "Korean terms with usage examples",
        "Pages with 1 entry",
        "Pages with entries",
        "Sino-Korean words"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "bold_english_offsets": [
            [
              26,
              32
            ]
          ],
          "bold_roman_offsets": [
            [
              10,
              17
            ]
          ],
          "bold_text_offsets": [
            [
              4,
              7
            ]
          ],
          "english": "You wouldn't have seen it anyway even if you'd gone.",
          "roman": "gasseo-do eochapi mot bwasseul geoya.",
          "text": "갔어도 어차피 못 봤을 거야.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "anyway, after all"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "anyway",
          "anyway"
        ],
        [
          "after all",
          "after all"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "[ʌ̹t͡ɕʰa̠pʰi]",
      "tags": [
        "SK-Standard",
        "Seoul"
      ]
    },
    {
      "hangeul": "어차피"
    },
    {
      "other": "[어차피]"
    }
  ],
  "word": "어차피"
}

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