무엇

Korean

Alternative forms

• (in speech) 뭐 (mwo)

Etymology

First attested in the Seokbo sangjeol (釋譜詳節 / 석보상절), 1447, as 므스것 (Yale: musukes).

Pronunciation

• IPA: muˈʌt̚
• Phonetic hangul: 무얻

Romanization

Revised	mueot	transliteration	mueos
McCune–Reischauer	muŏt	Yale	mwues

Pronoun

무엇 (mu-eot)

1. (interrogative pronoun) what - used in questions

   이게 뭐예요? (Ige mweo-yeyo?) What is this?

   뭐라고 했어요? (mwo-rago haesseoyo?) What did [you] say?

2. something, anything

See also

As object

• 무엇 + 을 = 뭐 + 을 = 뭘