번쩍번쩍
Korean
Etymology
A reduplication of 번쩍 (beonjjeok).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [pʌ̹ɲt͡ɕ͈ʌ̹k̚p͈ʌ̹ɲt͡ɕ͈ʌ̹k̚]
- Phonetic hangeul: [번쩍뻔쩍]
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Ideophone
번쩍번쩍 • (beonjjeokbeonjjeok)
- (of a strong light) with repeated blasts, with repeated flashes of light
- 번개가 번쩍번쩍거린다.
- Beon-gaega beonjjeokbeonjjeokgeorinda.
- The lightnings are flashing on and on.
- (figurative, for a person) with repeated moments of great and sudden clarity
- (figurative, of an action) to repeatedly occur very suddenly; to repeatedly occur very quickly
- while repeatedly appearing clearly in one's mind
- while repeatedly lifting up a large, heavy thing; (of a large thing) while being repeatedly lifted
Usage notes
번쩍번쩍 (beonjjeokbeonjjeok) is the yin vowel, or dark vowel, form of 반짝반짝 (banjjakbanjjak).
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.