이왕

iwang · [이왕]

already · now that · since · former times

adverbnounIntermediate

Meanings

이ː왕 · adverb · Intermediate

  1. already; now that; sinceAs long as things have gotten into such a state.

이ː왕 · noun · Intermediate

  1. former times; the past; times pastThe time before now.

Written Forms

이왕Hangul
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Examples from Lessons (2)

이왕 이렇게 된 거 기숙사 규칙을 잘 지키면서 지내보자.

Since we're here now, let's just make the best of it and follow the dorm rules.

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이왕 시작한 거 제대로 한번 파보자고.

Since we've started, let's really dig into it properly.

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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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