뱅뱅

Korean

Etymology

Reduplication of 뱅 (baeng).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [pɛŋbɛŋ]
  • Phonetic hangeul: [뱅뱅]
Revised Romanization? baengbaeng
Revised Romanization (translit.)? baengbaeng
McCune–Reischauer? paengbaeng
Yale Romanization? payngpayng

Ideophone

뱅뱅 • (baengbaeng)

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

Usage notes

뱅뱅 (baengbaeng) is the yang vowel, or bright vowel, form of 빙빙 (bingbing).

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.

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