슬슬

Korean

Of native Korean origin.

Romanizations
Revised Romanization^?	seulseul
Revised Romanization (translit.)^?	seulseul
McCune–Reischauer^?	sŭlsŭl
Yale Romanization^?	sul.sul

Ablaut/harmonic pair
Yin-form	슬슬 (seulseul)
Yang-form	살살 (salsal)

슬슬 • (seulseul)

(often disparaging) subtly; discreetly
- 도둑 은 잡히지 않으려고 슬슬 눈길 을 피했다.
  dodug-eun japhiji aneuryeogo seulseul nun'gir-eul pihaetda.
  The thief discreetly averted his gaze to not be caught.
(of snow, etc) while slowly melting
while touching or rubbing somewhat softly
(of wind) while blowing in a somewhat light breeze
easily; leisurely

Sound-symbolic terms derived from 살/슬 (sal/seul-, "lightly, subtly")
Yang-vowel form	Yin-vowel form
살살 (salsal)	슬슬 (seulseul)
살근살근 (salgeunsalgeun)	슬근슬근 (seulgeunseulgeun)
살금살금 (salgeumsalgeum)	슬금슬금 (seulgeumseulgeum)
살며시 (salmyeosi) 살몃살몃 (salmyeotsalmyeot)	슬며시 (seulmyeosi) 슬몃슬몃 (seulmyeotseulmyeot)
살포시 (salposi)	살푸시 (salpusi)
살짝 (saljjak) 살짝살짝 (saljjaksaljjak)	슬쩍 (seuljjeok) 슬쩍슬쩍 (seuljjeokseuljjeok)
사르르 (sareureu)	스르르 (seureureu)

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