딩딩

Korean

Etymology

Of native Korean origin.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [tiŋdiŋ]
Phonetic hangeul: [딩딩]

Revised Romanization^?	dingding
Revised Romanization (translit.)^?	dingding
McCune–Reischauer^?	tingding
Yale Romanization^?	tingting

Ideophone

딩딩 • (dingding)

in a very visibly swelling manner
온 몸이 딩딩 부었다.
On momi dingding bueotda.
His entire body is visibly swollen up.
in a very hard and solid shape
in an angry manner
(onomatopoeia) with a plucking sound of a string instrument

Derived terms

띵띵 (ttingtting)
팅팅 (tingting)

Usage notes

딩딩 (dingding) is the yin vowel, or dark vowel, form of 댕댕 (daengdaeng).

In contemporary Korean, the yin vowels refer to /ʌ/, /e/, /u/, and often /i/. In Korean ideophones and sensory words, forms with these vowels have a connotation of darkness, largeness, murkiness, bluntness, old age, or negativeness.Perhaps due to the ongoing merger of Korean /e/ and /ɛ/, this yin form uses the generally neutral /i/ instead of the expected /e/.