무슨

museun · [무슨]

what · whichever · what on earth

determinerBeginner

Meanings

  1. whatAn expression used to ask about a business, subject or object that one is not sure of or does not exactly know.
  2. whicheverAn adjective used to refer to something unspecified.
  3. what on earthAn adjective used to emphasize one's dissatisfaction with something unexpected.
  4. what on earthAn adjective used to emphasize one's objection.

Examples from Lessons (3)

지수야, 너는 무슨 노래를 좋아해?

Jisoo, what kind of songs do you like?

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민수 씨, 무슨 음식을 좋아하세요?

Minsu, what kind of food do you like?

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What do these song lyrics mean?

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Korean definitions, pronunciations and learner levels are from the Basic Korean Dictionary (한국어기초사전) by the National Institute of Korean Language, licensed under CC BY-SA 2.0 KR.

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