핑핑

Korean

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [pʰiŋpʰiŋ]
  • Phonetic hangeul: []
Revised Romanization? pingping
Revised Romanization (translit.)? pingping
McCune–Reischauer? p'ingp'ing
Yale Romanization? phingphing

Etymology 1

Reduplication of (ping).

Ideophone

핑핑 (pingping)

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

Usage notes

핑핑 (pingping) is the yin vowel, or dark vowel, form of 팽팽 (paengpaeng).

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.

핑핑 (pingping) is the aspirated consonant form of neutral 빙빙 (bingbing) and intensive 삥삥 (ppingpping).

In certain Korean ideophones and sensory words, forms with aspirated consonants are para-intensive; they emphasize the degree to which the description is true to an extreme extent beyond that enabled by the intensive form alone.

Etymology 2

Reduplication of (ping).

Ideophone

핑핑 (pingping)

  1. (of multiple bullets) while whizzing about

Usage notes

핑핑 (pingping) is the yin vowel, or dark vowel, form of 팽팽 (paengpaeng).

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.

Ideophone

핑핑 (pingping)

  1. (of a string or rope) in a taut manner

Usage notes

핑핑 (pingping) is the yin vowel, or dark vowel, form of 팽팽 (paengpaeng).

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.

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