도대체
Meanings
Adverb
1. on earth; the hell
2. not at all, unfortunately
Pronunciation
dodaeche
Examples6
도대체 왜 그러는 거냐?
What on earth is your problem?
도대체 톰이랑 메리는 왜 그런 거야?
Why on earth did Tom and Mary do that?
도대체 누구를 속인다고 생각해? 자기 자신이나 속이지 마.
Who do you think you're fooling? Stop fooling yourself.
빌어먹을, 도대체 뭘 한 거야?
What the hell did you do, damn it?
걔는 대가리에 도대체 뭐가 들었길래 이렇게 멍청하냐?
What on earth does he have inside his head that he's as stupid as this?
영철이 어미는 도대체 어디를 나갔습니까?
Where the hell did Yeongcheol's mother go?