뺑뺑

Korean

Etymology

Reduplication of 뺑 (ppaeng).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [p͈ɛŋp͈ɛŋ]
Phonetic hangeul: [뺑뺑]

Revised Romanization^?	ppaengppaeng
Revised Romanization (translit.)^?	ppaengppaeng
McCune–Reischauer^?	ppaengppaeng
Yale Romanization^?	ppayngppayng

Ideophone

뺑뺑 • (ppaengppaeng)

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

Usage notes

뺑뺑 (ppaengppaeng) is the yang vowel, or bright vowel, form of 삥삥 (ppingpping).

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.

뺑뺑 (ppaengppaeng) is the intensive consonant form of 뱅뱅 (baengbaeng).

In many Korean ideophones and sensory words, forms with consonants which are aspirated or tensed are intensive; they emphasize the degree to which the description is true.