반짝반짝

Korean

Romanizations
Revised Romanization^?	banjjakbanjjak
Revised Romanization (translit.)^?	ban'jjagban'jjag
McCune–Reischauer^?	pantchakpantchak
Yale Romanization^?	pan.ccakpan.ccak

Ablaut/harmonic pair
Yin-form	번쩍번쩍 (beonjjeokbeonjjeok)
Yang-form	반짝반짝 (banjjakbanjjak)

반짝반짝 • (banjjakbanjjak)

(of a small light) twinkling; with a repeated sparkle
반짝반짝 빛나는 별.
banjjakbanjjak binnaneun byeol.
A twinkling star.
(literally, “A star whose light is twinkling.”)
(figurative, for a person) while repeatedly entering moments of clarity
(figurative, for a phenomenon) while repeatedly occurring suddenly
(for multiple people or over multiple nights) while staying up the night
while repeatedly lifting up a small thing; (of a small thing) while being repeatedly lifted