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우째

how, how come

adverb Uncommon #13,400
how, how come Colloquial regional dialect, especially in southern Korea; standard Korean usually uses 어떻게 or 어째.
KO: 우째 이런 일이 생겼어?
EN: How did something like this happen?

예, 예, 우째 아셨어요?

Yes, yes. How did you know?

— Love Untangled (2025)

우째 그랬대?

How did that happen?

— 곡성 (2016)

아, 우째 됐는데?

So, how did it go?

— Love Untangled (2025)

그거 조사 우째 하려고 그래?

How are you going to investigate that?

— 살인의 추억 (2003)

여는 우째 되는데?

How does it open, though?

— Pandora (2016)