팽팽

Korean

Pronunciation

  • (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA(key): [pʰɛŋpʰɛŋ] ~ [pʰe̞ŋpʰe̞ŋ]
  • Phonetic hangul: [팽팽/펭펭]
Romanizations
Revised Romanization?paengpaeng
Revised Romanization (translit.)?paengpaeng
McCune–Reischauer?p'aengp'aeng
Yale Romanization?phayngphayng

Etymology 1

Reduplication of 팽 (paeng). The third sense is figurative, from an image of the head spinning about while thinking.

Ideophone

Ablaut/harmonic pair
Yin-form 핑핑 (pingping)
Yang-form 팽팽 (paengpaeng)
Consonant set
Plain 뱅뱅 (baengbaeng)
Intensive 뺑뺑 (ppaengppaeng)
Para-intensive 팽팽 (paengpaeng)

팽팽 • (paengpaeng)

  1. round and round; while repeatedly circling a relatively small area
  2. nauseatingly
  3. (by extension, of thinking) intelligently

Etymology 2

Reduplication of 팽 (paeng).

Ideophone

Ablaut/harmonic pair
Yin-form 핑핑 (pingping)
Yang-form 팽팽 (paengpaeng)

팽팽 • (paengpaeng)

  1. (of multiple bullets) while whizzing about

Etymology 3

Ideophone

Ablaut/harmonic pair
Yin-form 핑핑 (pingping)
Yang-form 팽팽 (paengpaeng)

팽팽 • (paengpaeng)

  1. (of a string or rope) in a taut manner
Derived terms
  • 팽팽하다 (paengpaenghada, “to be taut”)

Etymology 4

Onomatopoeic.

Ideophone

팽팽 • (paengpaeng)

  1. (onomatopoeia) while blowing one's nose
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