어쩔 수 없이
Romanisation: eojjeol su eopsi
to have no choice but
Example sentence
버스가 없어서 어쩔 수 없이 걸었어요.
Beoseuga eopseoseo eojjeol su eopsi georeosseoyo.
There was no bus, so I had no choice but to walk.
What 어쩔 수 없이 means
어쩔 수 없이 (eojjeol su eopsi) is a Korean word meaning “to have no choice but”. It belongs to the Grammar & Phrases topic and appears at Level 3, so it is one of the words worth learning early when you study Korean.
More Grammar & Phrases words
Level 3
겨우
gyeou
only then; barely
게다가
gedaga
moreover
에 따르면
e ttareumyeon
according to
에 대해
e daehae
about; regarding
허락하다
heorakhada
to let; to allow
만약
manyak
if
위해서
wihaeseo
in order to; for
영원히
yeongwonhi
forever
원래
wollae
originally; it turns out
기만 하면
-giman hamyeon
as long as
서서히
seoseohi
gradually
평소에
pyeongsoe
usually; ordinarily