What does 어차피 mean?
어차피 means "There is one more anyway." in Korean.
How it works here
어차피 frames the statement as an outcome that is already fixed or unlikely to change.
When it's used
Used to add a point based on an already fixed outcome or schedule.
The line
어차피 한 번 더 있어
There’s one more anyway.
A brief addition about an already scheduled or inevitable extra occurrence.
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More examples
어차피 비는 올 거니까 우산 가져가자.
It’s going to rain anyway, so take an umbrella.
이건 어차피 나중에 다시 고쳐야 해.
We have to fix this again later anyway.
Quick check
What does this mean here?
어차피
어차피 한 번 더 있어
There’s one more anyway.
- Suggesting that the decision be postponed
- Suggesting that another method be found
- Meaning that nothing happened
- Used on the premise that something is already decided or will not change much, meaning “anyway” or “in the end”
Show the answer
Used on the premise that something is already decided or will not change much, meaning “anyway” or “in the end”
어차피 means “anyway” or “in the end” based on the assumption that the result will not change much. It is not necessarily negative.
Other words in this line
- 한 번
- Once; one time
- 더
- More
- 있다
- To exist; to be
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