뻔쩍

Korean

Etymology

Intensive form of 번쩍 (beonjjeok).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [p͈ʌ̹ɲt͡ɕ͈ʌ̹k̚]
Phonetic hangeul: [뻔쩍]

Revised Romanization^?	ppeonjjeok
Revised Romanization (translit.)^?	ppeonjjeog
McCune–Reischauer^?	ppŏntchŏk
Yale Romanization^?	ppenccek

Ideophone

뻔쩍 • (ppeonjjeok)

(of a strong light) with quite a blast, with quite a flash, with quite a glitter
- 번개가 뻔쩍거린다.
  Beon-gaega ppeonjjeokgeorinda.
  The lightnings are flashing strongly.
(figurative, for a person) with a moment of quite great and sudden clarity
(figurative) extremely suddenly; extremely quickly
while appearing quite clearly in one's mind
while lifting up a very large, heavy thing; (of a very large thing) while being lifted

Derived terms

뻔쩍뻔쩍 (ppeonjjeokppeonjjeok)

Usage notes

뻔쩍 (ppeonjjeok) is the yin vowel, or dark vowel, form of 빤짝 (ppanjjak).

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.뻔쩍 (ppeonjjeok) is the intensive consonant form of 번쩍 (beonjjeok).

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.