우연히

uyeonhi · [우연히]

by chance · by accident

adverbIntermediate

Meanings

  1. by chance; by accidentIn the manner of happening by chance without a proper cause.

Written Forms

우연히Hangul
偶然히Hanja

Examples from Lessons (3)

민수와 지영이 우연히 길에서 만났어요.

Minsu and Jiyoung met by chance on the street.

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지민이와 준호가 거리에서 우연히 만나요.

Jimin and Junho run into each other on the street.

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At that time, I happened to discover a wonderful rooftop cafe.

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Grammar in These Examples

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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