웬일

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Korean

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Etymology

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(wen) +‎ (il).

Pronunciation

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  • (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA(key): [ˈwe̞(ː)nniɭ]
  • Phonetic hangul: [(ː)]
    • Though still prescribed in Standard Korean, most speakers in both Koreas no longer distinguish vowel length.
Romanizations
Revised Romanization?wennil
Revised Romanization (translit.)?wen'il
McCune–Reischauer?wennil
Yale Romanization?wēynnil

Noun

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웬일 (wenil)

  1. what matter, what cause
    웬일?Wenirinya?What's up?

Further reading

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  • 웬일 in dictionaries at daum.net