| Hangul | 도대체 |
| Romanization | dodaeche |
| Meaning | on earth; in the world; what the heck (emphatic) |
| Part of Speech | adverb |
| TOPIK Level | TOPIK Level 5 |
도대체 무슨 일이 일어난 건지 모르겠다.
dodaeche museun iri ireonan geonji moreugetda.
I have no idea what on earth happened.
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도대체 (dodaeche) means "on earth; in the world; what the heck (emphatic)" in Korean. It is a TOPIK Level 5 vocabulary word.
도대체 is pronounced "dodaeche" in Revised Romanization.
도대체 is a TOPIK Level 5 word. TOPIK Level 5 is the advanced level with ~8,000 words.