엉엉

Korean

Etymology

Of native Korean origin. Onomatopoeia.

Pronunciation

Romanizations
Revised Romanization?eong'eong
Revised Romanization (translit.)?eong'eong
McCune–Reischauer?ŏngŏng
Yale Romanization?engeng

Ideophone

Ablaut/harmonic pair
Yin-form 엉엉 (eong'eong)
Yang-form 앙앙 (ang'ang)

엉엉 • (eong'eong)

  1. while crying loudly; boo hoo

Derived terms

  • 엉엉하다 (eong'eonghada)
  • 엉엉거리다 (eong'eonggeorida)
  • 엉엉대다 (eong'eongdaeda)
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