왜케

Korean

Etymology

Contraction of 왜 (wae, “why”) +‎ 이렇게 (ireoke, “like this”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key)[we̞kʰe̞]
  • Phonetic Hangul[왜케]
Revised Romanization? waeke
Revised Romanization (translit.)? waeke
McCune–Reischauer? waek'e
Yale Romanization? waykhey

Adverb

왜케 • (waeke)

  1. (informal) Why so? Why .... like this?
    왜케 진지해?
    Why so serious?
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