"하필" meaning in Korean

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Adverb

IPA: [ha̠pʰiɭ] [SK-Standard, Seoul] Forms: hapil [romanization], 何必 [hanja]
Etymology: Sino-Korean word from 何必, from 何 (“how; why”) + 必 (“necessarily”) Etymology templates: {{ko-etym-sino|何|how; why|必|necessarily}} Sino-Korean word from 何必, from 何 (“how; why”) + 必 (“necessarily”) Head templates: {{ko-adverb|hanja=何必}} 하필 • (hapil) (hanja 何必)
  1. of all things, why... (used to emphasize the question of why it must specifically be so)

Inflected forms

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        "3": "必",
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    },
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          "english": "Why does it have to be me?",
          "roman": "wae hapil na-ya?",
          "text": "왜 하필 나야?",
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        }
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        "of all things, why... (used to emphasize the question of why it must specifically be so)"
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          "of all things",
          "of all things"
        ]
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      "ipa": "[ha̠pʰiɭ]",
      "tags": [
        "SK-Standard",
        "Seoul"
      ]
    },
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    },
    {
      "other": "[하필]"
    }
  ],
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      "name": "ko-etym-sino"
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    },
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        }
      ],
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        "of all things, why... (used to emphasize the question of why it must specifically be so)"
      ],
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        [
          "of all things",
          "of all things"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
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      "tags": [
        "SK-Standard",
        "Seoul"
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    },
    {
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    }
  ],
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}

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