별일

Korean

Etymology

Sino-Korean word from 別 (“other”) + 일 (il, “work,occurrence”)

Pronunciation

• (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [pjʌ̹ʎʎiɭ]
• Phonetic hangul: [별릴]

Romanizations
Revised Romanization?	byeollil
Revised Romanization (translit.)?	byeol'il
McCune–Reischauer?	pyŏllil
Yale Romanization?	pyellil

Noun

별일 • (byeoril) (hanja 別일)

1. an unusual event; an odd thing, a strange thing

   별일 없으셨어요.

   byeoril eopseusyeosseoyo.

   Nothing unusual happened (literally: There was no unusual event.)

   별일 없으면 영화 보러 갈까요?

   byeoril eopseumyeon yeonghwa boreo galkkayo?

   If you don't have anything on, shall we go to the movies?