뻔쩍뻔쩍

Korean

Etymology

A reduplication of 뻔쩍 (ppeonjjeok).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [p͈ʌ̹ɲt͡ɕ͈ʌ̹k̚p͈ʌ̹ɲt͡ɕ͈ʌ̹k̚]
Phonetic hangeul: [뻔쩍뻔쩍]

Revised Romanization^?	ppeonjjeokppeonjjeok
Revised Romanization (translit.)^?	ppeonjjeogppeonjjeog
McCune–Reischauer^?	ppŏntchŏkppŏntchŏk
Yale Romanization^?	ppenccekppenccek

Ideophone

뻔쩍뻔쩍 • (ppeonjjeokppeonjjeok)

(of a strong light) with repeated considerable blasts, with repeated considerable flashes, with repeated considerable glitters
- 번개가 뻔쩍뻔쩍거린다.
  Beon-gaega ppeonjjeokppeonjjeokgeorinda.
  The lightnings are flashing strongly on and on.
(figurative, for a person) with repeated moments of quite great and sudden clarity
(for an action) to repeatedly occur with extremely suddenness
while repeatedly appearing quite clearly in one's mind
while repeatedly lifting up a very large, heavy thing; (of a very large thing) while being repeatedly lifted

Usage notes

뻔쩍뻔쩍 (ppeonjjeokppeonjjeok) is the yin vowel, or dark vowel, form of 빤짝빤짝 (ppanjjakppanjjak).

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.

뻔쩍뻔쩍 (ppeonjjeokppeonjjeok) is the intensive consonant form of 번쩍번쩍 (beonjjeokbeonjjeok).

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.