뻔쩍

Korean

Etymology

Intensive form of 번쩍 (beonjjeok).

Pronunciation
  • (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA(key): [p͈ʌ̹ɲt͡ɕ͈ʌ̹k̚]
  • Phonetic hangul: [뻔쩍]
Romanizations
Revised Romanization?ppeonjjeok
Revised Romanization (translit.)?ppeon'jjeog
McCune–Reischauer?ppŏntchŏk
Yale Romanization?ppen.ccek

Ideophone
Ablaut/harmonic pair
Yin-form 뻔쩍 (ppeonjjeok)
Yang-form 빤짝 (ppanjjak)
Consonant set
Plain 번쩍 (beonjjeok)
Intensive 뻔쩍 (ppeonjjeok)

뻔쩍 • (ppeonjjeok)

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

Derived terms
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