도대체

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Korean

Etymology

Sino-Korean word from 都大體, from 都 (“all”) + 大體 (“on earth”)

Pronunciation

  • (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA(key): [to̞dɛt͡ɕʰe̞] ~ [to̞de̞t͡ɕʰe̞]
  • Phonetic hangul: [도대체/도데체]
Romanizations
Revised Romanization?dodaeche
Revised Romanization (translit.)?dodaeche
McCune–Reischauer?todaech'e
Yale Romanization?totay.chey

Adverb

도대체 • (dodaeche) (hanja 都大體)

  1. on earth; the hell
  2. not at all, unfortunately
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