뱅뱅

Korean

Etymology

Reduplication of 뱅 (baeng).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [pɛŋbɛŋ]
Phonetic hangeul: [뱅뱅]

Revised Romanization^?	baengbaeng
Revised Romanization (translit.)^?	baengbaeng
McCune–Reischauer^?	paengbaeng
Yale Romanization^?	payngpayng

Ideophone

뱅뱅 • (baengbaeng)

round and round; while repeatedly circling a relatively small area
(of movement) to and forth over a relatively small area
nauseatingly

Usage notes

뱅뱅 (baengbaeng) is the yang vowel, or bright vowel, form of 빙빙 (bingbing).

In contemporary Korean, the yang vowels refer to /a/, /ɛ/, and /o/. In Korean ideophones and sensory words, forms with these vowels have a connotation of brightness, smallness, clearness, sharpness, youth, or positiveness.